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Negaprion acutidens
(Rüppell 1837)
Negaprion acutidens
was originally described as
Carcharias acutidens
by Rüppell in 1837. It belongs to the family
Carcharhinidae
. It is commonly known as Sicklefin lemon shark but has many other common names such as in Australia as Lemon shark, in Japan as Remonzame, in Papua New Guinea as Sicklefin lemon shark, in Philippines as Pating, in South Africa as Geelhaai, in South Africa as Lemon shark.
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It is found in Brackish and Salt water and its distribution is Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, South Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar and Mauritius (Mascarenes) east to Marshall Islands and Society Islands, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia.
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acutidens
AuthorWI
Rüppell [W. P. E. S.]
AuthorNI
Rüppell
Qualification
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Year
1837
Status
Valid
Class
Chondrichthyes
Chondrichthyes
Order
Carcharhiniformes
Carcharhiniformes
Family
Carcharhinidae
Subfamily
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Genus
Negaprion
Subgenus
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Class
Chondrichthyes
Order
Carcharhiniformes
Family
Carcharhinidae
Genus
Negaprion
Original Name
Carcharias
Taxon Name
acutidens
Original Combination
Carcharias acutidens
Original Genus
Carcharias
Original Genus Species
Carcharias acutidens
OriginalSubGenus
Carcharias
Original Author
Rüppell
Original AuthorWI
Rüppell [W. P. E. S.]
Original Qualification
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Original Year
1837
Original Family
Odontaspididae
Original SubFamily
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Original Level
species
Type Locality
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea.
Type Catalogue
Type catalog and lectotype designation: Klausewitz 1960:292 [ref. 21330].
Primary Code
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Primary Type
SMF 2825
Page
65
Illustrations
Pl. 18 (fig. 3)
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Qualification SS
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Original QualificationSS
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Current Subspecies AuthorWI
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Current Genus Species
Negaprion acutidens
Current Species
acutidens
Current Genus
Negaprion
Current AuthorWI
Rüppell [W. P. E. S.]
Current AuthorNI
Rüppell
Current Year
1837
Current Family
Carcharhinidae
Current Subfamily
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Habitat
demersal
Water
Brackish and Salt water
Depth Range
From 0 to 92 meters.
Distribution
Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, South Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar and Mauritius (Mascarenes) east to Marshall Islands and Society Islands, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia.
Current Summary
Valid as
Negaprion acutidens
(Rüppell 1837). Carcharhinidae.
Name History
• Valid as
Negaprion acutidens
(Rüppell 1837) -- (Compagno 1984:517 [ref. 6846], Dor 1984:9 [ref. 29757], Nakaya in Masuda et al. 1984:7 [ref. 6441], Bass et al. 1986:83 [ref. 5638], Allen & Swainston 1988:24 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:83 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:22 [ref. 15987], Last & Stevens 1994:262 [ref. 23873], Goren & Dor 1994:3 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:35 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:44 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:22 [ref. 25919], Compagno & Niem 1998:1352 [ref. 23787], Myers 1999:36 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:22 [ref. 24106], Morón et al. 1999:147 [ref. 24253], Johnson 1999:720 [ref. 25471], Compagno 1999:484 [ref. 25589], Nakabo 2000:135 [ref. 25086], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:580 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:95 [ref. 25191], Hutchins 2001:14 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:135 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:21 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S92 [ref. 27377], Bonfil & Abdallah 2004:35 [ref. 27735], Randall 2005:14 [ref. 28239], Compagno et al. 2005:42 [ref. 29145], Hoese et al. 2006:105 [ref. 29001], Fricke et al. 2011:346 [ref. 31242], Moore et al. 2012:10 [ref. 31771], Allen & Erdmann 2012:58 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:11 [ref. 32988], Ebert et al. 2013:336 [ref. 33045]).
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brevirostris
Negaprion brevirostris
(Poey [F.] 1868)
Valid
fosteri
Negaprion fosteri
(Schultz [L. P.] & Welander [A. D.] in Schultz et al. 1953)
Synonym
fronto
Negaprion fronto
(Jordan [D. S.] & Gilbert [C. H.] 1882)
Valid
innominatus
Negaprion innominatus
(Whitley [G. P.] 1944)
Synonym
madagascariensis
Negaprion madagascariensis
(Fourmanoir [P.] 1961)
Synonym
munzingeri
Negaprion munzingeri
(Kossmann [R.] & Räuber [H.] 1877)
Synonym
odontaspis
Negaprion odontaspis
(Fowler [H. W.] 1908)
Synonym
queenslandicus
Negaprion queenslandicus
(Whitley [G. P.] 1939)
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