Lemon Sharks

Lemon Sharks are known for their distinctive color: in certain depths, when the light reflects off of their skin, it gives off a yellow, pitted appearance just like a lemon. Besides their unique yellowish color, Lemon Sharks do not have any other distinctive markings or patterns on its skin.
Lemon Sharks can grow up to be 10 feet long (the largest species currently documented was 13 feet long)  and are known to be bottom-dwellers. This species of shark is not known for having excellent eyesight, however, their nose receptors are extremely sensitive, which allows for the Lemon Sharks to prowl around the bottom of the ocean and find their prey that may be hidden underneath the sand.

Females give birth to approximately 4-17 live pups every other year upon sexual maturity. Once given birth to, the young pups are completely on their own, as any other species of shark. The young tend to stay near their place of birth until they mature and then they eventually venture out into different tropical areas of the ocean.
Lemon Sharks are found mostly in the subtropical waters off of the coasts of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans specifically near North and South America.

Lemon Sharks are very commonly seen in zoos and aquariums because they are one species of shark that actually thrives in captivitiy. Unlike Great White Sharks, which cannot live in captivity because they refuse food, Lemon Sharks survive well in such an environment.
Since 2007, this species has begun to experience decline due to overfishing and finning. However, thankfully, they are one of the few species of shark that are not in severe threatened status...yet.
Since the year 1580, there have been 22 recorded attacks on humans from Lemon Sharks, NONE of which were fatal.