Ken Schultz's Field Guide to Saltwater Fish - Macaw Pets store

Shark, Lemon
Negaprion brevirostris
202 Shark, Lemon
A requiem family shark, the lemon shark grows to 11 feet at
maximum, although it is usually between 5 and 8 feet long.
A potentially dangerous shark, it may rest on the bottom in
coastal waters in groups of 4 to 6 and become aggressive
when in the vicinity of spearfishing.
It is commonly yellow-brown, although it can also be
muddy dark brown or dark gray with olive sides and a paler
belly. It has a blunt and broad snout that appears rounded
from below. The second dorsal fin is almost equal in size to
the large first dorsal fin, and the upper lobe of the tail is
much larger than the lower.
Lemon sharks are good inshore, light-tackle sportfish that
inhabit western Atlantic waters from New Jersey to Brazil; in
the eastern Pacific they extend from southern Baja California,
Mexico, and the Gulf of California to Ecuador.