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Lemon shark
Negaprion brevirostris
Sharks & rays · Vulnerable
vs
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Tiger shark
Galeocerdo cuvier
Sharks & rays · Near threatened
2 clips name both of them
15,467 views between them.
Tiger shark outweighs Lemon shark 4.4× — 444 kg against 101 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
101 kg
🦈 Lemon shark · AnAge
444 kg
🦈 Tiger shark · AnAge
Body length
2.4 m
🦈 Lemon shark · FishBase
5 m
🦈 Tiger shark · FishBase
Maximum lifespan
20 yr
🦈 Lemon shark · AnAge
50 yr
🦈 Tiger shark · AnAge
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
Animals caught on camera
Real footage of the animals on this site — hunting, fighting, and getting on with it.
Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Elasmobranchii (subclass), home to 1,595 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.