Negaprion Whitley, 1940

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Genus Negaprion Whitley, 1940

Lemon Sharks / ṌΘḛé

Negaprion Whitley, 1940: 111 . Type species: Aprionodon acutidens queenslandicus Whitley, 1939 , by original designation, a junior synonym of Negaprion acutidens ( Rüppell, 1837) ; for purposes of the type species, the subspecies queenslandicus is elevated to species level (Eschmeyer, 2012).

Negaprion acutidens ( Rüppell, 1837)

Sicklefin Lemon Shark / ȀǿṌΘḛ

Carcharias acutidens Rüppell, 1837: 65 , pl. 18 (fig. 3). Lectotype: SMF 2825 (stuffed), 680 mm TL, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea; lectotype designation by Klausewitz (1960).

Local synonymy: Negaprion acutidens: Chen et al., 1995: 20 ; Shao et al., 2008: 236.

Taiwan voucher material: (1 specimen) NMMB-P 15766 , Dong-sha Island , 25 Sep 2010 .

Remarks: Appears to be rare in Taiwanese waters; lack of historical records may be due to misidentifications. In some areas, has been mistaken for Glyphis species and it is possible that records of G. gangeticus from Taiwan ( Chen & Joung, 1993, Shen & Wu, 2011) may be misidentifications of this species.

Conservation status: Vulnerable.