#2062 · 🦈 sharks & rays

Lemon Shark

🇳🇱 Citroenhaai ·Negaprion brevirostris

VUvulnerable 🦈 Sharks & rays 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Albert kok · CC BY-SA 4.0
2. © Kat · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Mike Krampf · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Kevin Bryant · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © Ila France · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Monroe County, US-FL, US:© Matt and Kaysea Bruce · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © martinmoscovich · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Monroe County, US-FL, US:© Lucas Garriga · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © elodie_courtois · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. United States:© jrfleullan · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The lemon shark ( Negaprion brevirostris ) is a stocky and powerful shark. 4 metres (11 ft) in length. They are often found in shallow subtropical waters and are known to inhabit and return to specific nursery sites for breeding. Often feeding at night, these sharks use electroreceptors to find their main source of prey: fish. Lemon sharks enjoy the many benefits of group living such as enhanced...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,152iNaturalist observations
threat VUvulnerable

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
1,152 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Felipe Poey in 1868 (158 years ago).
Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.