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View Mode View All Pictures Species 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. more common names 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.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   acutidens AuthorWI   Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] AuthorNI   Rüppell Qualification   --- Year   1837 Status   Valid Class   Chondrichthyes Chondrichthyes Order   Carcharhiniformes Carcharhiniformes Family   Carcharhinidae Subfamily   --- --- Genus   Negaprion Subgenus   --- 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   --- Original Year   1837 Original Family   Odontaspididae Original SubFamily   --- Original Level   species Type Locality   Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea. Type Catalogue   Type catalog and lectotype designation: Klausewitz 1960:292 [ref. 21330]. Primary Code   --- Primary Type   SMF 2825 Page   65 Illustrations   Pl. 18 (fig. 3) SubSpecies AuthorWI   --- Qualification SS   --- Original QualificationSS   --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI   --- 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   --- --- 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]). Common Names  Common Names Picture  Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy First Publication  First Publication Collections   Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations   Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 1 (8 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1] Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   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) Synonym Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 1 (8 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1] Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…