Lemon shark  (Negaprion brevirostris)

Occurs in the tropical western Atlantic, from New Jersey to southern Brazil; and in the north eastern Atlantic, off west Africa. It is also occasionally found in the eastern Pacific, from southern Baja California and the Gulf of California to Ecuador (2) (5).

The lemon shark occurs over continental shelves, from the surface down to a depth of least 92 meters. It usually occurs around corals keys, at the fringes of mangroves, around docks, in saline creeks, in enclosed bays and at river mouths. It occasionally travels short distances upriver, entering freshwater, and also ventures into the open ocean when migrating (2) (5).