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Photo: Albert kok · CC BY-SA 3.0

SpeciesCarcharhiniformesCarcharhinidae

Sharks & rays

🦈Lemon shark

Negaprion brevirostris (Poey, 1868)

Le requin-citron (Negaprion brevirostris) est une espèce de requin de la famille des Carcharhinidae, vivant habituellement près des côtes. Généralement peu agressif, il est considéré plutôt à tort comme dangereux, mais il ne l’est qu'extrêmement rarement. Les comportements d'agression contre l'homme restent très rares et le requin citron est considéré comme un "squale idéal" pour apprendre la plongée aux côtés des requins. Le requin-citron faucille (Negaprion acutidens) vivant dans l'océan Indien est parfois aussi dénommé requin-citron.

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vs you

≈ 1.6× your weight

Also called

Negaprion brevirostris

Conservation status

VUVulnerable

IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.

Population trendDecreasing

Key measurements

Body mass: 101 kg
Body length: 2.4 m
Shoulder height: not recorded
Top speed: not recorded
Bite force: not recorded
Maximum lifespan: 20 years

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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Lemon shark

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass

101 kgrecord 184 kg · FishBase

AnAge

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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Body length

2.4 mrecord 3.4 m · FishBasetypical adult

FishBase

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Record: largest individual on record

Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Maximum lifespan

20 yearsrecord 25 years · FishBase

AnAge

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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Litter size

about 7

AnAge

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data quality: acceptable

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Trophic level

4.27

FishBase

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Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet

carnivoreaverage

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From trophic level 4.27 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans

traumatogenic

FishBase

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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Volume l

101 Laverage

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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Lemon shark yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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In other languages

žralok citronový (cs), žralok citrónový (sk), Κίτρινος καρχαρίας (el), Requin-citron (fr), Limon köpek balığı (tr), tauró llimona (ca) … and 24 more languages