Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Tiger Shark
Galeocerdo cuvier
Tiger Shark
Category: Tiger Sharks
Scientific Name: Galeocerdo cuvier
Size: Up to 16 ft. (5 m)  
Depth: 3-3000 ft. (1-914 m)
Distribution: Circumtropical
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Chondrichthyes (Parvphylum) Cartilaginous Fishes
  └Elasmobranchii (Class) Sharks and Rays
   └Selachii (Infraclass) Sharks
    └Carcharhiniformes (Order) Ground Sharks
     └Galeocerdonidae (Family) Tiger Sharks
      └Galeocerdo (Genus)
       └G. cuvier (Species)
WoRMS ID: 105799🔗
iNaturalist ID: 52299🔗

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