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Negaprion acutidens (Sicklefin lemon shark; Sharptooth shark; Sharptooth lemon shark; Lemon shark; Indo-Pacific lemon shark; Indian lemon shark; Broadfin shark)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The sicklefin lemon shark, or sharptooth lemon shark (Negaprion acutidens), is a species of requiem shark belonging to the family Carcharhinidae, widely distributed in the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific. It is closely related to the better-known lemon shark (N. brevirostris) of the Americas; the two species are almost identical in appearance, both being stout-bodied sharks with broad heads, two dorsal fins of nearly equal size, and a plain yellow-tinged coloration. As its common name suggests, the sicklefin lemon shark differs from its American counterpart in having more falcate (sickle-shaped) fins. This large species grows up to 3.8 m (12 ft) long. It generally inhabits water less than 92 m (302 ft) deep in a variety of habitats, from mangrove estuaries to coral reefs.
View Wikipedia Record: Negaprion acutidens

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Negaprion acutidens

Prey / Diet

Anodontostoma chacunda (Chacunda gizzard shad)[1]
Drepane punctata (Spotted sicklefish)[1]
Penaeus merguiensis (banana prawn)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Galeocerdo cuvier (Tiger-shark)[2]

Consumers

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Diets of piscivorous fishes in a tropical Australian estuary, with special reference to predation on penaeid prawns, J. P. Salini, S. J. M. Blaber and D. T. Brewer, Marine Biology 105, 363-374 (1990)
2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
3Pollerspöck, J. & Straube, N. (2015), Bibliography database of living/fossil sharks, rays and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) -Host-Parasites List/Parasite-Hosts List-, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 04/2015;
4Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0