{"id":49,"date":"2005-03-21T08:48:32","date_gmt":"2005-03-21T16:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/portfolio\/lemon-shark-photo-northern-bahamas\/"},"modified":"2019-01-06T04:29:47","modified_gmt":"2019-01-05T20:29:47","slug":"lemon-shark-photo-northern-bahamas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/lemon-shark-photo-northern-bahamas.html","title":{"rendered":"Lemon Shark Photo, Northern Bahamas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On our recent trip to the Northern Bahamas in search of sharks, we encountered lots of lemon sharks (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?sp=Negaprion_brevirostris\"><em>Negaprion brevirostris<\/em><\/a>) alongside the tiger sharks (<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?sp=Galeocerdo_cuvier\">Galeocerdo cuvier<\/a><\/em>). The lemon sharks were comfortable coming in for a close look and afforded literally hundreds of good photo opportunities on a single 90 minute dive. Some of the lemons were accompanied by up to a dozen live sharksuckers (<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?sp=Echeneis_naucrates\">Echeneis naucrates<\/a><\/em>), a type of remora. Once in a while one of the sharksuckers would peel of its lemon shark host and swim around us for a while. After a while we began to ignore the lemons in an effort to keep our eyes on the considerably more impressive tiger sharks. Here are a few shots of the lemons:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Lemon shark with live sharksuckers.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/spotlight.php?img=10752\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Lemon shark with live sharksuckers, Negaprion brevirostris, Echeneis naucrates\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/stock-photo\/lemon-shark-photo-10752-985536.jpg\" alt=\"Lemon shark with live sharksuckers, Negaprion brevirostris, Echeneis naucrates\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Lemon shark with live sharksuckers.<br \/>\nImage ID: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/spotlight.php?img=10752\">10752<\/a><br \/>\nSpecies: <a title=\"Lemon shark photos\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lemon_shark_photo.html\">Lemon shark<\/a>, <a title=\"Negaprion brevirostris photos\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?sp=Negaprion_brevirostris\"><i>Negaprion brevirostris<\/i><\/a>, <a title=\"Echeneis naucrates photos\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?sp=Echeneis_naucrates\"><i>Echeneis naucrates<\/i><\/a><br \/>\nLocation: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?country=bahamas\">Bahamas<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Lemon shark with live sharksuckers.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/spotlight.php?img=10753\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Lemon shark with live sharksuckers, Negaprion brevirostris, Echeneis naucrates\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/stock-photo\/lemon-shark-picture-10753-831725.jpg\" alt=\"Lemon shark with live sharksuckers, Negaprion brevirostris, Echeneis naucrates\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Lemon shark with live sharksuckers.<br \/>\nImage ID: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/spotlight.php?img=10753\">10753<\/a><br \/>\nSpecies: <a title=\"Lemon shark photos\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lemon_shark_photo.html\">Lemon shark<\/a>, <a title=\"Negaprion brevirostris photos\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?sp=Negaprion_brevirostris\"><i>Negaprion brevirostris<\/i><\/a>, <a title=\"Echeneis naucrates photos\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?sp=Echeneis_naucrates\"><i>Echeneis naucrates<\/i><\/a><br \/>\nLocation: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?country=bahamas\">Bahamas<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Lemon shark with live sharksuckers.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/spotlight.php?img=10754\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Lemon shark with live sharksuckers, Negaprion brevirostris, Echeneis naucrates\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/stock-photo\/lemon-shark-image-10754-677914.jpg\" alt=\"Lemon shark with live sharksuckers, Negaprion brevirostris, Echeneis naucrates\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Lemon shark with live sharksuckers.<br \/>\nImage ID: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/spotlight.php?img=10754\">10754<\/a><br \/>\nSpecies: <a title=\"Lemon shark photos\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lemon_shark_photo.html\">Lemon shark<\/a>, <a title=\"Negaprion brevirostris photos\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?sp=Negaprion_brevirostris\"><i>Negaprion brevirostris<\/i><\/a>, <a title=\"Echeneis naucrates photos\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?sp=Echeneis_naucrates\"><i>Echeneis naucrates<\/i><\/a><br \/>\nLocation: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?country=bahamas\">Bahamas<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Lemon shark with live sharksuckers.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/spotlight.php?img=10756\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Lemon shark with live sharksuckers, Negaprion brevirostris, Echeneis naucrates\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/stock-photo\/lemon-shark-photo-10756-370292.jpg\" alt=\"Lemon shark with live sharksuckers, Negaprion brevirostris, Echeneis naucrates\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Lemon shark with live sharksuckers.<br \/>\nImage ID: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/spotlight.php?img=10756\">10756<\/a><br \/>\nSpecies: <a title=\"Lemon shark photos\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lemon_shark_photo.html\">Lemon shark<\/a>, <a title=\"Negaprion brevirostris photos\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?sp=Negaprion_brevirostris\"><i>Negaprion brevirostris<\/i><\/a>, <a title=\"Echeneis naucrates photos\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?sp=Echeneis_naucrates\"><i>Echeneis naucrates<\/i><\/a><br \/>\nLocation: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?country=bahamas\">Bahamas<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Lemon shark with live sharksuckers.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/spotlight.php?img=10757\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Lemon shark with live sharksuckers, Negaprion brevirostris, Echeneis naucrates\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/stock-photo\/lemon-shark-picture-10757-216481.jpg\" alt=\"Lemon shark with live sharksuckers, Negaprion brevirostris, Echeneis naucrates\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Lemon shark with live sharksuckers.<br \/>\nImage ID: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/spotlight.php?img=10757\">10757<\/a><br \/>\nSpecies: <a title=\"Lemon shark photos\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lemon_shark_photo.html\">Lemon shark<\/a>, <a title=\"Negaprion brevirostris photos\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?sp=Negaprion_brevirostris\"><i>Negaprion brevirostris<\/i><\/a>, <a title=\"Echeneis naucrates photos\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?sp=Echeneis_naucrates\"><i>Echeneis naucrates<\/i><\/a><br \/>\nLocation: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?country=bahamas\">Bahamas<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Lemon shark.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/spotlight.php?img=10758\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/stock-photo\/negaprion-brevirostris-lemon-shark-image-10758-962669.jpg\" alt=\"Lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Lemon shark.<br \/>\nImage ID: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/spotlight.php?img=10758\">10758<\/a><br \/>\nSpecies: <a title=\"Lemon shark photos\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lemon_shark_photo.html\">Lemon shark<\/a>, <a title=\"Negaprion brevirostris photos\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?sp=Negaprion_brevirostris\"><i>Negaprion brevirostris<\/i><\/a><br \/>\nLocation: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?country=bahamas\">Bahamas<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Lemon shark and photographer Jim Abernethy.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/spotlight.php?img=10760\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Lemon shark and photographer Jim Abernethy, Negaprion brevirostris\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/stock-photo\/lemon-shark-diver-photo-10760-655047.jpg\" alt=\"Lemon shark and photographer Jim Abernethy, Negaprion brevirostris\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Lemon shark and photographer Jim Abernethy.<br \/>\nImage ID: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/spotlight.php?img=10760\">10760<\/a><br \/>\nSpecies: <a title=\"Lemon shark photos\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lemon_shark_photo.html\">Lemon shark<\/a>, <a title=\"Negaprion brevirostris photos\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?sp=Negaprion_brevirostris\"><i>Negaprion brevirostris<\/i><\/a><br \/>\nLocation: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?country=bahamas\">Bahamas<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Keywords: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?x=lemon_shark__shark__animal\">lemon shark photo<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?sp=Negaprion_brevirostris\">Negaprion brevirostris<\/a>, Northern Bahamas, lemon sharks, lemon shark pictures, unde<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On our recent trip to the Northern Bahamas in search of sharks, we encountered lots of lemon sharks (Negaprion brevirostris) alongside the tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier). The lemon sharks were comfortable coming in for a close look and afforded literally hundreds of good photo opportunities on a single 90 minute&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8502,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[347,194,123,134],"tags":[207,348,319,330],"class_list":{"0":"post-49","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bahamas","8":"category-sharks","9":"category-underwater-photography","10":"category-wildlife","11":"tag-bahamas","12":"tag-lemon-shark","13":"tag-sharks","14":"tag-underwater"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}