Smooth-tooth, Lemon Shark 243 



Smooth-tooth Shark 

 Aprionodon isodon (Miiller and Henle) 



Color: Blue-gray above, gray-white on lower sides, and 



pure white below. 



Distribution: Tropical waters on both sides of the Atlantic. 



In the western Atlantic, off Cuba, in the Gulf of Mexico 



and as a stray along the east coast of the United States as 



far north as New York. 



Size: Maximum length reported, 4 feet. 



General Information: Nothing is known of its life history. 



Rare in the region from Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras. 



Economic Importance: None. 



Lemon Shark 

 Negaprion brevirostris (Poey) 



Color: Upper part of body usually yellow-brown, some- 

 times dark brown or blue-gray. Lower sides yellowish or 

 olive-green. Lower part of body olive-gray or pale yellow. 

 Distribution: Northern Brazil to North Carolina, and, 

 rarely, north to New Jersey. 



Size: Maximum length about 11 feet. A 9^/2 -foot specimen 

 is reported to weigh 265 pounds. 



