Negaprion acutidens

(Rüppell, 1837)

Sicklefin lemon shark
Classification: Elasmobranchii Carcharhiniformes Carcharhinidae

Reference of the original description

Rüppell, W.P.E.S.E. (1837)
Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig: Fische des rothen Meeres. Frankfurt am Main, 1837: pp. 53–80, pls. 15–21

Image of the original description

Negaprion acutidens (Rüppell, 1837), image of the first description in Rüppell, plate 18, fig. 3

Synonyms / new combinations and misspellings
Aprionodon acutidens, Aprionodon acutidens queenslandicus, Carcharias acutidens, Carcharias munzingeri, Carcharias (Aprion) acutidens, Carcharias (Aprionodon) acutidens, Eulamia odontaspis, Hemigaleops fosteri, Mystidens innominatus, Negaprion odontaspis, Negaprion queenslandicus, Odontaspis madagascariensis, Squalus acutidens

Types
Negaprion acutidens
Lectotype: SMF: 2825
Aprionodon acutidens queenslandicus
Holotype: QM: I.6189 Paratype: QM: I.5577 QM: I.5976 QM: I.6117
Eulamia odontaspis
Holotype: ANSP: 34634 (missing);
Hemigaleops fosteri
Holotype: USNM: 152917;
Mystidens innominatus
Holotype: AMS: IB.278;
Odontaspis madagascariensis
XXXX: No types known;

Description :

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Common names
$deu $T$$ Zitronenhai, spa

Tiburón aletón, spa

Tiburón segador, $fra $T$$ Requin citron, $fra $T$$ Requin citron faucille, $fra $T$$ Requin grandes ailes, $fra $T$$ Requin limon faucille, eng

Broadfin shark, eng

Indian lemon shark, eng

Indo-Pacific lemon shark, eng

Lemon shark, eng

Sharptooth lemon shark, eng

Sharptooth shark, eng

Sicklefin lemon shark, por

Cação-pardo, por

Limão foiçador

Short Description
A large, stocky, yellowish shark with a broad, blunt snout, narrow, smooth-cusped teeth in both jaws, and equal-sized dorsal fins [536]. Yellowish brown above, paler below [544]. With two nearly equally large dorsal fins (Ref. 37816).

Distribution
Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and South Africa (including Mauritius, Seychelles, Madagascar) to Philippines, north to Viet Nam, south to Australia. Also from Palau, Marshall Islands, and Tahiti. Recorded from Taiwan (Ref. 4868).
First record: 2017 [25261]: Chesterfield reefs (Coral Sea, Western Central Pacific)

Human uses
fisheries: commercial

Biology
Viviparous, placental [733], 1-14 per litter [1388]. Gestation period 10-11 months [536] [2539]. Size at birth about 50 to 70 cm TL [544]; 45-80 cm TL [2539]. Distinct pairing with embrace [17086]. Mating and pupping take place during late spring and early summer (Ref. 37816). Occurs on the continental shelf (Ref. 75154).

Size / Weight / Age
380 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 5213))

Habitat
reef-associated; brackish; marine; depth range 0 - 92 m [517]

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=4086;

Parasites (arranged by Jürgen Pollerspöck)
Myxosporea