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Negaprion brevirostris (lemon shark)
Taxonomy
Hypoprion brevirostris was named by Poey (1868). It is extant.
It was recombined as Negaprion brevirostris by Antunes (1978), Ralte et al. (2011), Carillo-Briceño et al. (2014), Carrillo-Briceño et al. (2015), Landini et al. (2017), Landini et al. (2019), Maisch IV et al. (2025).
It was recombined as Negaprion brevirostris by Antunes (1978), Ralte et al. (2011), Carillo-Briceño et al. (2014), Carrillo-Briceño et al. (2015), Landini et al. (2017), Landini et al. (2019), Maisch IV et al. (2025).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1868 | Hypoprion brevirostris Poey |
| 1978 | Negaprion brevirostris Antunes p. 70 figs. Pl 3, figs 61-72 |
| 2011 | Negaprion brevirostris Ralte et al. p. 340 figs. Pl 3, fig 1 |
| 2014 | Negaprion brevirostris Carillo-Briceño et al. p. 84 |
| 2015 | Negaprion brevirostris Carrillo-Briceño et al. p. 61 fig. 6O,P |
| 2017 | Negaprion brevirostris Landini et al. p. 179 fig. 4Q,R |
| 2019 | Negaprion brevirostris Landini et al. p. 361 |
| 2025 | Negaprion brevirostris Maisch IV et al. p. 25 |
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Negaprion brevirostris Poey 1868 [lemon shark]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available