Species Negaprion acutidens (Rüppell, 1837)
Lemon Shark, Sharp-toothed Shark, Sharptooth Shark, Sicklefin Lemon Shark
- Carcharias acutidens Rüppell, W.P.E. 1837. Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Fische des Rothen Meeres. Frankfurt Vol. 3, pp. 53–80, pls 15–21. [65, pl. 18(3)].
Type data:
Lectotype SMF 2825, Djedda, Red Sea.Subsequent designation references:
Klausewitz, W. 1960. Die typoide des Naturmuseums Senckenberg, 23: Pisces, Chondrichthys, Elasmobranchii. Senckenbergiana Biologica 41(5/6): 289-296 [292]. - Aprionodon acutidens queenslandicus Whitley, G.P. 1939. Taxonomic notes on sharks and rays. The Australian Zoologist 9(3): 227-262 figs 1-18 pls 20-22 [233, fig. 6].
Type data:
Holotype QM I.6189, Townsville, QLD.
Paratype(s) QM I.5975; QM I.5577; QM I.6117. - Mystidens innominatus Whitley, G.P. 1944. Illustrations of some Western Australian fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1943–44: 25-29 figs 1-6 [25] [figured by Whitley, G.P. 1940. The Fishes of Australia. Part 1. The sharks, rays, devil-fish, and other primitive fishes of Australia and New Zealand. Sydney : Roy. Zool. Soc. N.S.W. 280 pp. 303 figs. (105 fig. 103)].
Type data:
Holotype AM IB.278 jaws, Useless Inlet, Shark Bay, WA.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Generic Combinations
- Aprionodon acutiden (Rüppell, 1837). —
Garman, S. 1913. The Plagiostomia (sharks, skates and rays). Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 36: 1-528 pls 1-77 [118]
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [14] - Squalus acutidens (Rüppell, 1837). —
Gray, J.E. 1851. List of the Specimens of Fish in the Collection of the British Museum. Chondropterygii. London : British Museum 160 pp., 2 pls. [43] - Aprion acutidens (Rüppell, 1837). —
Schmeltz, J.D.K. 1869. Museum Godeffroy. Catalog 4. Hamburg : Wilhelm Mauke Söhne xxxix 141 pp. [28] (changed combination, generic name a homonym and unavailable) - Negaprion queenslandicus (Whitley, 1939). —
Whitley, G.P. 1940. The Fishes of Australia. Part 1. The sharks, rays, devil-fish, and other primitive fishes of Australia and New Zealand. Sydney : Roy. Zool. Soc. N.S.W. 280 pp. 303 figs. [111]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Houtman Abrolhos, WA (rarely soudh to Perth) to Moreton Bay, QLD; tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific.
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
- Johnson, J.W. 2010. Fishes of the Moreton Bay Marine Park and adjacent continental shelf waters, Queensland, Australia. pp. 299-353 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3) [306]
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, coral reef, inshore, marine, pelagic.
Extra Ecological Information
Intertidal to 90 m.
General References
Compagno, L.J.V. & Niem, V.H. 1998. Family Carcharhinidae. pp. 1312-1360 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 2 687-1396 pp. [1352]
Grant, E.M. 2002. Guide to Fishes. Redcliffe : EM Grant Pty Ltd 880 pp. [48]
Macbeth, W.G., Vandenberg, M. & Graham, K.J. 2008. Identifying Sharks and Rays; A guide to Commercial Fishers. Sydney : New South Wales Department of Primary Industry pp. 71. [27] (possibly in northern NSW)
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [7] (48 as Negaprion queenslandicus)
Stead, D.G. 1963. Sharks and Rays of Australian Seas. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 211 pp. 63 figs. [200] (as Negaprion queenslandicus)
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [33] (66, 71 as Negaprion queenslandicus)
Common Name References
Compagno, L.J.V. 1984. FAO Species Catalogue. Sharks of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Carcharhiniformes. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125. Rome : FAO Vol. 4(2) 251-655 pp. [517] (FAO) (Sicklefin Lemon Shark)
Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [42] (Sharp-toothed Shark)
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [262] (Sharptooth Shark)
Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [22] (Lemon Shark)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Lemon Shark)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 16-Aug-2012 | 16-Aug-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 16-Apr-2012 | 16-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |