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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In reality, the species might have looked nothing like a great white or even a lemon shark.
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Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Mar. 2025
Based on these and other findings, it is now believed that the megalodon may have been closer to the present-day lemon shark in appearance.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 11 Mar. 2025
Those clues gave fodder to the notion that the megalodon’s shape was more akin to the long, slender modern lemon shark than to the shorter stockier body of the contemporary great white — meaning earlier estimate of the Belgian specimen’s length were probably too short.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 9 Mar. 2025
As for body shape, taking the new length estimates into account, the lemon shark appears to be closest modern analogue.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 9 Mar. 2025
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.
—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
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Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Mar. 2025
Based on these and other findings, it is now believed that the megalodon may have been closer to the present-day lemon shark in appearance.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 11 Mar. 2025
Those clues gave fodder to the notion that the megalodon’s shape was more akin to the long, slender modern lemon shark than to the shorter stockier body of the contemporary great white — meaning earlier estimate of the Belgian specimen’s length were probably too short.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 9 Mar. 2025
As for body shape, taking the new length estimates into account, the lemon shark appears to be closest modern analogue.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 9 Mar. 2025
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.
—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
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“Lemon shark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lemon%20shark. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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