Lemon Shark

Môi trường sống: Shallow sand flats, mangrove nurseries, and reef edges; adults commute between lagoons and deeper ledges

Phạm vi phân bố: 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

Hành vi: 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.

Chế độ ăn: Bony fish and rays taken over sand, plus crustaceans; hunts most actively at dawn and dusk

Kích thước: thường vào khoảng 2.5 m; ghi nhận đến độ sâu 3.4 m (total length).

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.

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.