With the actual status of global populations largely unknown, the lemon shark is now listed on the IUCN Red List as ‘near threatened’ with extinction. The major threat to lemon shark populations is probably the degradation of essential habitats such as mangroves and shallow reefs. The species is barely targeted in Caribbean commercial fisheries, although it is frequently caught in US recreational fisheries. Luckily, it remains fairly common throughout the Caribbean region. Once one of the most common shark species on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, the lemon shark has been reduced to low densities in the waters off West Africa. The lemon shark is a large-bodied shark that is easily distinguished by its relatively large dorsal fins and yellow-brownish skin. The lemon shark ( Negaprion brevirostris)
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