Negaprion brevirostris

Negaprion brevirostris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Carcharhiniformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Classis: Chondrichthyes Subclassis: Elasmobranchii Superordo: Selachimorpha Ordo: Carcharhiniformes

Familia: Carcharhinidae
Genus: Negaprion
Species: Negaprion brevirostris

Name

Negaprion brevirostris (Poey, 1868)

• No types known.

Type locality: Cuba, western Atlantic.

Etymology: From brevis (= short); rostrum (= snout), referring to short, flat and broadly rounded snout. (From The ETYFish project)

Synonyms

• Hypoprion brevirostris Poey, 1868
  
• Carcharias fronto Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
  • Negaprion fronto Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 -- Compagno, 1984

References

• Bullock, R. W., Guttridge, T. L., Cowx, I. G., Elliott, M. & Gruber, S. H., 2015: The behaviour and recovery of juvenile lemon sharks Negaprion brevirostris in response to external accelerometer tag attachment. Journal of Fish Biology, Article first published online: 29 OCT 2015. doi: 10.1111/jfb.12808 Reference page. 
• Poey, F., 1868: Synopsis piscium cubensium. Catalogo Razonado de los peces de la isla de Cuba. Repertorio Fisico-Natural de la Isla de Cuba, 2: 279–484. BHL  reference page 

Links

• Negaprion brevirostris in Catalog of Fishes,
  Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2019. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Negaprion brevirostris in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2019. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2019.

Vernacular Name

català: Tauró llimona
čeština: Žralok citrónový
Deutsch: Zitronenhai
English: Lemon shark
français: Requin citron
italiano: Negaprion brevirostris
magyar: Citromcápa
Nederlands: Citroenhaai
norsk: Sitronhai
português: Tubarão-limão
русский: Лимонная акула
slovenčina: Žralok citrónový
suomi: Sitruunahai
svenska: Citronhaj
Türkçe: Limon köpek balığı

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