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Negaprion acutidens (Rüppell, 1837)

Sicklefin lemon shark
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Indonesia country information

Common names: Lemon shark, Sharptooth shark
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Importance: commercial | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from Maumere Bay, Flores; with an Indonesian distribution from Papua to Sumatra (Ref. 47567). Also Ref. 5978, 9997.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/id.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Compagno, L.J.V., 1984
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Requin limon faucille, Tiburón segador, قرش غرين مِنْجَل, ... more

Classification / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes(Genre, Espèce) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Élasmobranches (requins et raies) (sharks and rays) > Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks) > Carcharhinidae (Requiem sharks)
Etymology: Negaprion: negatus (L.), to deny; prion (Gr.), saw, referring to lack of saw-like serrations on teeth cusps. (See ETYFish);  acutidens: acutus (L.), sharp or pointed; dens, from dentis (L.), tooth, probably referring to pyramid-like teeth (“dünnen spitzen Pyramiden”). (See ETYFish).
  More on author: Rüppell.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Écologie

marin; saumâtre récifal; profondeur 0 - 92 m (Ref. 244).   Tropical; 30°N - 32°S, 32°E - 140°W (Ref. 244)

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