Common Name: Lemon Shark
Scientific Name: Negaprion brevirostris
Introduction
The
Lemon shark belongs to one of the largest families of sharks,
the requiem sharks. This family includes many of the better
known sharks including the tiger shark, the
blacktip shark, the bull shark,
sandbar shark and blue
shark. It is interesting that a requiem is a hymn or mass
for the dead. Several of these sharks are reported to be responsible
for "shark attacks."
The yellowish color on its sides gives the lemon shark its
name. It is a common shark along the southeast coast of the
United States.
Diet
It
eats mainly bony fish but will also eat shrimp, crabs and
other small sharks.
Size
Lemon
sharks grow 6' to 8' in length with a weight exceeding 200
pounds.
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