lemon shark
Negaprion brevirostris
Category: Sharks & Rays
IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Elasmobranchii
- Order
- Carcharhiniformes
- Family
- Carcharhinidae
- Genus
- Negaprion
Where to Find
Found in 13 diving areas across 7 countries and 5 regions.
- Bimini, Bahamas - 149 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 1 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 30 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 31 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 6 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 6 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 6 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 4 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 1 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 1 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 1 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 3 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 2 records