Negaprion brevirostris

Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Carcharhiniformes |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Carcharhinidae
Genus: Negaprion
Species: Negaprion brevirostris
Name
[edit]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
[edit]- Hypoprion brevirostris Poey, 1868
- Carcharias fronto Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
- Negaprion fronto Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 -- Compagno, 1984
References
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Negaprion brevirostris in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
- Negaprion brevirostris in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Vernacular names
[edit]- català: Tauró llimona
- čeština: Žralok citrónový
- Deutsch: Zitronenhai
- English: Lemon shark
- suomi: Sitruunahai
- français: Requin citron
- magyar: Citromcápa
- italiano: Negaprion brevirostris
- Nederlands: Citroenhaai
- norsk: Sitronhai
- polski: Żarłacz żółty
- português: Tubarão-limão
- русский: Лимонная акула
- slovenčina: Žralok citrónový
- svenska: Citronhaj
- Türkçe: Limon köpek balığı