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Negaprion (lemon shark)
Taxonomy
Negaprion was named by Whitley (1940) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m R Sepkoski's reference number: 884]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Carcharhiniformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Carcharhinidae by Case (1981), Purdy et al. (2001), Compagno (2005), Adnet et al. (2007), Carillo-Briceño et al. (2014), Hastings and Dooley (2017), Kent (2018), Ebersole et al. (2019), Landini et al. (2019) and Ebersole et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Carcharhiniformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Carcharhinidae by Case (1981), Purdy et al. (2001), Compagno (2005), Adnet et al. (2007), Carillo-Briceño et al. (2014), Hastings and Dooley (2017), Kent (2018), Ebersole et al. (2019), Landini et al. (2019) and Ebersole et al. (2024).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1940 | Negaprion Whitley |
| 1981 | Negaprion Case p. 64 |
| 2001 | Negaprion Purdy et al. p. 155 |
| 2002 | Negaprion Sepkoski |
| 2005 | Negaprion Compagno |
| 2007 | Negaprion Adnet et al. p. 314 |
| 2014 | Negaprion Carillo-Briceño et al. p. 84 |
| 2017 | Negaprion Hastings and Dooley p. 83 |
| 2018 | Negaprion Kent p. 118 |
| 2019 | Negaprion Ebersole et al. p. 73 |
| 2019 | Negaprion Landini et al. p. 361 |
| 2024 | Negaprion Ebersole et al. p. 7 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Negaprion Whitley 1940 [lemon shark]
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Negaprion brevirostris Poey 1868
†Negaprion eurybathrodon Blake 1862
†Negaprion gilmorei Leriche 1942
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available