Lemon shark
A Lemon shark swimming with Remoras in the Bahamas
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Carcharhinidae
Genus:	Negaprion
Species:	N.brevirostris
Range of the Lemon shark
Synonyms
Carcharias fronto Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 Hypoprion brevirostris Poey, 1868

The Lemon shark is a shark that gets its name from its deep yellow back. Its belly is off-white. Lemon sharks are usually eight to ten feet long. They have long, sharp teeth for catching slippery fish. Lemon sharks are common on the southeast coast of the United States of America.