Where Lemon shark has been recorded

Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)

United States of America — 19,224 records; Puerto Rico — 3,092 records; Brazil — 468 records; Bahamas — 149 records; Mexico — 72 records; Cabo Verde — 63 records; Guadeloupe — 63 records; Virgin Islands (U.S.) — 29 records; French Polynesia — 15 records; Belize — 13 records; Turks and Caicos Islands — 12 records; Aruba — 11 records; Guinea-Bissau — 11 records; Colombia — 10 records; Panama — 10 records.

Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2417919) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2417919&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-25.

Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record

European waters (ERMS scope); North West Atlantic; Gulf of Mexico.

Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105800 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-25.

How to read this map

The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 23,292 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 27 of the 37 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 40 records in total (Guinea-Bissau, Panama, Australia, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), French Guiana, Angola, Fiji, Kiribati).

41 records plotting inland were omitted: for a marine species those are almost always the holding institution's coordinates rather than a collection site.

Records show where the species has been observed and reported, not a modelled range.

Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2417919) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2417919&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105800 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-25.