lemon shark
noun
: a medium-sized requiem shark (Negaprion brevirostris) of warm usually inshore waters that is yellowish brown to gray above with yellow or greenish sides, often congregates in groups, and is usually harmless to humans but may attack if provoked
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Waters around the islands are home to multiple types of sharks, including grey reef sharks, nurse sharks, lemon sharks, tiger sharks, bull sharks, and hammerhead sharks, according to Visit Turks & Caicos Islands.
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Mark Price, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2025
Also in 2013, Ammon Covino went to prison for conspiring to buy rays and lemon sharks poached from the Florida Keys, The Idaho Statesman reported.
—Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2025
The fish kill so far has impacted more than 20 species, from silver mullet to tarpon, snook, mangrove snappers and even lemon sharks.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2024
The sawfish deaths are coinciding with a larger fish kill first noticed in November in the waters off Big Pine Key through Key West that’s so far impacted more than 20 species, from silver mullet to tarpon, snook, mangrove snappers and even lemon sharks.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2024
At dusk, several dozen lemon sharks rose from the depths and surround the dive boat.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
From a lemon shark sharing a toothy grin at dusk, to a green-blue mahi-mahi ambushing sardines, the 2024 Underwater Photographer of the Year (UPY) Awards showcase the stunning beauty and diversity of our world’s oceans.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Feb. 2024
At dusk, several dozen lemon sharks rose from the depths and surrounded the dive boat.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2024
Small lemon sharks can be especially plaguing to flats fishermen chasing bonefish, permit, and tarpon in extremely shallow water.
—Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 26 July 2023
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Mark Price, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2025
Also in 2013, Ammon Covino went to prison for conspiring to buy rays and lemon sharks poached from the Florida Keys, The Idaho Statesman reported.
—Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2025
The fish kill so far has impacted more than 20 species, from silver mullet to tarpon, snook, mangrove snappers and even lemon sharks.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2024
The sawfish deaths are coinciding with a larger fish kill first noticed in November in the waters off Big Pine Key through Key West that’s so far impacted more than 20 species, from silver mullet to tarpon, snook, mangrove snappers and even lemon sharks.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2024
At dusk, several dozen lemon sharks rose from the depths and surround the dive boat.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
From a lemon shark sharing a toothy grin at dusk, to a green-blue mahi-mahi ambushing sardines, the 2024 Underwater Photographer of the Year (UPY) Awards showcase the stunning beauty and diversity of our world’s oceans.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Feb. 2024
At dusk, several dozen lemon sharks rose from the depths and surrounded the dive boat.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2024
Small lemon sharks can be especially plaguing to flats fishermen chasing bonefish, permit, and tarpon in extremely shallow water.
—Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 26 July 2023
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“Lemon shark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lemon%20shark. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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