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Galeocerdo cuvier (Péron & Lesueur, 1822)

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Galeocerdo cuvier (Péron & Lesueur, 1822)
Galeocerdo cuvier (Péron & Lesueur, 1822)
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymCarcharias fasciatus Bleeker, 1852
synonymCarcharias hemprichii Klunzinger, 1871
synonymGaleocerda cuvier (Péron & Lesueur, 1822)
synonymGaleocerdo arcticus (Faber, 1829)
synonymGaleocerdo cuvieri (Péron & Lesueur, 1822)
synonymGaleocerdo fasciatus Van Kampen, 1907
synonymGaleocerdo obtusus Klunzinger, 1871
synonymGaleocerdo rayneri Macdonald & Barron, 1868
synonymGaleocerdo tigrinus Müller & Henle, 1839
synonymGaleus cepedianus Agassiz, 1838
synonymGaleus maculatus Ranzani, 1839
synonymSqualus arcticus Faber, 1829
synonymSqualus cuvier Péron & Lesueur, 1822
🗒 Common Names
Divehi; Dhivehi; Maldivian
  • Vorimiyaru
English
  • Tiger-shark
  • Tiger Shark
Gujarati
  • Bhoavar
  • Bhoovar
  • Pattari
  • પટટરી
  • ભુવર
Kannada
  • Pilithatte
  • Pullia
  • ಪುಲ್ಲಿಯ
Malayalam
  • Kalla-sravu
  • Kalla Sravu
  • Kalvari
  • Kellan
  • Kethalan
  • Pulli Sravu
  • Valiasurav
  • Valiyasurav
  • Vorimiyaru
  • കല്ലം
  • കല്ല സ്രാവ്
  • കല് വരി
  • കല് വാരി
  • കല് സ്റാവ്
  • കളള സ്റാവ്
  • കെല്ലന്
  • കെളളന്
  • കേട്ടലന്
  • കേതാലന്
  • പുള്ളി സ്റാവ്
  • വലിയസുരവ്
  • വലിയ സുരവ്
  • വലിയസുരാവ്
  • വൊരിമിയരു
Marathi
  • Waghbeer
  • वाघबीर
Other
  • Vorimiyaru
Tamil
  • ௨ள்ளுவன் சுரா
  • Wulluven Sorrah
  • உளுவன் சுரா
  • வள்ளுவன் சுரா
Telugu
  • Kethalam-sorrah
  • Kethulam
  • Kettalam Sorrah
  • Kurangu-sorrah
  • Vulluvan-sorrah
  • కితులమ్
  • కురంగు సొర్రా
  • కెతులమ్
  • కేతులమ్ సొర్రా
  • వుల్లువన్ సొర్రా
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Brief
Brackish, Marine, Fishery
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=886, version (12/2013).
Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=886, version (12/2013).
Contributors 
Thomas Vattakaven
Status UNDER_CREATION
Licenses CC_BY_NC
References 
    Diagnostic Keys
    Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0
    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=886, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=886, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. Compagno, L.J.V., D.A. Ebert and M.J. Smale 1989 Guide to the sharks and rays of southern Africa. New Holland (Publ.) Ltd., London. 158 p.
    Description
    A huge, vertical tiger-striped shark with a broad, bluntly rounded snout, long upper labial furrows, and a big mouth with large, saw-edged, cockscomb-shaped teeth; spiracles present; caudal keels low . Grey above with vertical dark grey to black bars and spots which appear faded in adults, white below .
    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=886, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=886, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. Compagno, L.J.V., D.A. Ebert and M.J. Smale 1989 Guide to the sharks and rays of southern Africa. New Holland (Publ.) Ltd., London. 158 p.
    No Data
    📚 Natural History
    Life Cycle
    Ovoviviparous with 10-82 in a litter . Mating takes place even before gravid females have given birth . Distinct pairing with embrace . Gestation period: 13-16 months. Size at birth between 51 and 104 cm TL; born at about 51-76 cm TL (Ref.58048).
    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=886, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=886, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. Randall, J.E. 1992 Review of the biology of the tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier). Aust. J. Mar. Freshwat. Res. 43(1):21-31.
    Migration
    Oceanodromous. Migrating within oceans typically between spawning and different feeding areas, as tunas do. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.
    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=886, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=886, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p.
    Size
    Max Length

    750 TL (unsexed) 

    Size

    750 cm TL (male/unsexed; ); max. published weight: 807.4 kg ; max. reported age: 50 years

    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=886, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=886, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. Vidthayanon, C. 2005 Thailand red data: fishes. Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and PlanniNg, Bangkok, Thailand. 108 p. International Game Fish Association 1991 World record game fishes. International Game Fish Association, FlorIda, USA. Branstetter, S., J.A. Musick and J.A. Colvocoresses 1987 A comparison of age and growth of the tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvieri, from off Virginia and from the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Fish. Bull. 85:269-279.
    Trophic Strategy
    Tiger sharks travel along the continental shelf and farther offshore in rather random fashion. Found worldwide in tropical and temperate seas; a carnivore, pelagic species, occasionally advancing into coastal waters .
    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=886, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=886, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. Randall, J.E. 1992 Review of the biology of the tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier). Aust. J. Mar. Freshwat. Res. 43(1):21-31.
    No Data
    📚 Habitat and Distribution
    General Habitat
    Habitat benthopelagic; oceanodromous ; brackish; marine; depth range 0 - 371 m , usually 0 - ? m
    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=886, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=886, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p. Mundy, B.C. 2005 Checklist of the fishes of the Hawaiian Archipelago. Bishop Museum Bulletins in Zoology. Bishop Mus. Bull. Zool. (6):1-704. Florida Museum of Natural History 2005 Biological profiles: tiger shark. Retrieved on 26 August 2005, from www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/Tigershark/tigershark.htm. Ichthyology at the Florida Museum of Natural History: Education-Biological Profiles. FLMNH, University of Florida.
    Description
    Occurrence

    native 

    Distribution

    Circumglobal in tropical and temperate seas. Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA to Uruguay, including Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. Eastern Atlantic: Iceland to Angola. Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to Hawaii and Tahiti, north to southern Japan, south to New Zealand. Eastern Pacific: southern California, USA to Peru, including the Revillagigedo, Cocos, and Galapagos islands. Highly migratory species, Annex I of the 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea .

    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=886, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=886, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. Compagno, L.J.V. 1984 FAO species catalogue. Vol. 4. Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Part 2 - Carcharhiniformes. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(4/2):251-655.
    No Data
    📚 Occurrence
    No Data
    📚 Demography and Conservation
    Conservation Status
    Lower Risk: near threatened (LR/nt) IUCN 2006
    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=886, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=886, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
    No Data
    📚 Uses and Management
    Uses
    fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes
    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=886, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=886, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. Coppola, S.R., W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, N. Scialabba and K.E. Carpenter 1994 SPECIESDAB: Global species database for fishery purposes. User"s manual. FAO Computerized Information Series (Fisheries). No. 9. Rome, FAO. 103 p. International Game Fish Association 1991 World record game fishes. International Game Fish Association, FlorIda, USA. Compagno, L.J.V. 1984 FAO species catalogue. Vol. 4. Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Part 2 - Carcharhiniformes. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(4/2):251-655.
    No Data
    📚 Information Listing
    References
    Overview > Diagnostic > Diagnostic Keys
    1. Compagno, L.J.V., D.A. Ebert and M.J. Smale 1989 Guide to the sharks and rays of southern Africa. New Holland (Publ.) Ltd., London. 158 p.
    Overview > Diagnostic > Description
    1. Compagno, L.J.V., D.A. Ebert and M.J. Smale 1989 Guide to the sharks and rays of southern Africa. New Holland (Publ.) Ltd., London. 158 p.
    Natural History > Life Cycle
    1. Randall, J.E. 1992 Review of the biology of the tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier). Aust. J. Mar. Freshwat. Res. 43(1):21-31.
    Natural History > Migration
    1. Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p.
    Natural History > Size
    1. Vidthayanon, C. 2005 Thailand red data: fishes. Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and PlanniNg, Bangkok, Thailand. 108 p. International Game Fish Association 1991 World record game fishes. International Game Fish Association, FlorIda, USA. Branstetter, S., J.A. Musick and J.A. Colvocoresses 1987 A comparison of age and growth of the tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvieri, from off Virginia and from the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Fish. Bull. 85:269-279.
    Natural History > Trophic Strategy
    1. Randall, J.E. 1992 Review of the biology of the tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier). Aust. J. Mar. Freshwat. Res. 43(1):21-31.
    Habitat and Distribution > General Habitat
    1. Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p. Mundy, B.C. 2005 Checklist of the fishes of the Hawaiian Archipelago. Bishop Museum Bulletins in Zoology. Bishop Mus. Bull. Zool. (6):1-704. Florida Museum of Natural History 2005 Biological profiles: tiger shark. Retrieved on 26 August 2005, from www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/Tigershark/tigershark.htm. Ichthyology at the Florida Museum of Natural History: Education-Biological Profiles. FLMNH, University of Florida.
    Habitat and Distribution > Distribution > Description
    1. Compagno, L.J.V. 1984 FAO species catalogue. Vol. 4. Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Part 2 - Carcharhiniformes. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(4/2):251-655.
    Demography and Conservation > Conservation Status
    1. 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
    Uses and Management > Uses
    1. Coppola, S.R., W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, N. Scialabba and K.E. Carpenter 1994 SPECIESDAB: Global species database for fishery purposes. User"s manual. FAO Computerized Information Series (Fisheries). No. 9. Rome, FAO. 103 p. International Game Fish Association 1991 World record game fishes. International Game Fish Association, FlorIda, USA. Compagno, L.J.V. 1984 FAO species catalogue. Vol. 4. Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Part 2 - Carcharhiniformes. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(4/2):251-655.
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    📚 Meta data
    No Data
    🐾 Taxonomy
    RootRoot
    KingdomAnimalia
    PhylumChordata
    ClassElasmobranchii
    OrderCarcharhiniformes
    FamilyCarcharhinidae
    GenusGaleocerdo
    SpeciesGaleocerdo cuvier (Péron & Lesueur 1822)
    📊 Temporal Distribution
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    👥 Groups
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