Sharks
Lemon Shark
Negaprion brevirostris · Cartilaginous fish, family Carcharhinidae
Lemon sharks bring character to the sand flats of the Bahamas: big, blunt-faced animals in olive-gold livery, trailing remoras like streamers, mouths fixed in an underbite that ruins their menace at close range. They are among the best-studied sharks on Earth thanks to decades of work in Bimini's mangroves, which revealed social networks, nursery fidelity, and females returning to their own birth lagoons to pup. At Tiger Beach they play second lead to the tigers, arriving first, staying latest, and stacking on the bottom beneath the boat like parked aircraft.
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"상주종"은 해당 목적지에서 대부분의 다이빙 시 만날 수 있다는 뜻이고, "계절종"은 표기된 달에 안정적으로 출현한다는 뜻입니다. 그 외의 생물은 계획이 아닌 보너스로 여기세요.
| 목적지 | 신뢰도 | 월 | 참고 사항 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tiger Beach & Grand BahamaThe Bahamas | Resident: seen on most dives | Nov–Apr | |
| Florida KeysUnited States | Occasional | 연중 가능 | |
| Nassau & New ProvidenceThe Bahamas | Occasional | 연중 가능 |
한눈에 보는 최적의 달
| 월 | 믿을 수 있는 다이빙 명소 |
|---|---|
| January | Tiger Beach & Grand Bahama · Florida Keys · Nassau & New Providence |
| February | Tiger Beach & Grand Bahama · Florida Keys · Nassau & New Providence |
| March | Tiger Beach & Grand Bahama · Florida Keys · Nassau & New Providence |
| April | Tiger Beach & Grand Bahama · Florida Keys · Nassau & New Providence |
| May | Florida Keys · Nassau & New Providence |
| June | Florida Keys · Nassau & New Providence |
| July | Florida Keys · Nassau & New Providence |
| August | Florida Keys · Nassau & New Providence |
| September | Florida Keys · Nassau & New Providence |
| October | Florida Keys · Nassau & New Providence |
| November | Tiger Beach & Grand Bahama · Florida Keys · Nassau & New Providence |
| December | Tiger Beach & Grand Bahama · Florida Keys · Nassau & New Providence |
이해하기
서식지: Shallow sand flats, mangrove nurseries, and reef edges; adults commute between lagoons and deeper ledges
범위: Western Atlantic from the Carolinas and Bahamas to Brazil, with a separate population off West Africa; the closely related sicklefin lemon shark fills the same niche in the Indo-Pacific
행동 특성: A yellow-bronze, twin-dorsaled shark that works low over the bottom, often escorted by remoras. Famously social for a shark: juveniles form groups in mangrove nurseries with measurable personalities, and adults gather seasonally at fixed winter sites. At Tiger Beach they cruise under the boat and rest on sand in numbers.
먹이: Bony fish and rays taken over sand, plus crustaceans; hunts most actively at dawn and dusk
크기: 보통 2.5 m; 최대 기록 수심 3.4 m (total length).
이 생물 주변에서의 행동 요령
Standard baited-dive discipline: stay settled in the sand line, hands in, let sharks pass overhead without reaching up, and avoid crowding animals resting on the bottom.
보존
Vulnerable: coastal development is squeezing the mangrove nurseries the species depends on, and it is fished through much of its Atlantic range outside sanctuary nations.
관련 다이브 사이트 목록
강조 표시된 사이트는 편집팀이 해당 종에 대해 직접 등록한 곳이며, 숫자는 1990년 이후 사이트 기준 약 5km 이내에서 기록된 GBIF 출현 건수입니다.
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