lemon shark

noun

1. a common shallow-water shark, Negaprion brevirostris, having a yellowish body and inhabiting inshore regions of the Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to Brazil.

Example Sentences

A juvenile lemon shark swims in shallow mangrove forests in the Bahamas.

From BBC

It sails over the silhouettes of two nerf sharks, one lemon shark and to the immediate left of an elusive school of permit, sparking some interest but no bites.

From The Guardian

As the wave was rising to curl, I looked back again and saw a lemon shark close to the surface.

From New York Times

Justin Stuller told “America’s Newsroom” on Wednesday that he was swimming in the Florida Keys when he came face-to-face with a lemon shark.

From Fox News

He says he moved the fish to a safer area, but as he surfaced, an eight-foot lemon shark appeared.

From Fox News