Reproduction: Placentotrophic viviparous with litter sizes of 4-17 pups. Size at birth between 60-65 cm total length. Their depth range has been observed as 0-92 meters. Their home range increases with size and they tend to venture into deeper waters as they grow larger. Juveniles are known to remain in nurseries along shallow beaches, seagrass flats, piers, docks and around mangroves for years for ease of foraging and protection against predation. Adult lemon sharks are demersal and pelagic in shallow inshore waters around coral reefs and mangrove fringes. Flattened head and smooth cusped teeth.ĭistribution and Habitat: Occurs in tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate waters of the western Atlantic from Virginia (United States) to Brazil, northeast Atlantic (west Africa) and east Pacific (Mexico to Ecuador). First and second dorsal fin of similar size. Description: Pale yellow-brown coloration.
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