Galeocerdo cuvier (Peron & le Sueur, 1822) Tiger

Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil & Tudu, Prasad Chandra, 2017, An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1), pp. 4-4 : 4-

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10913805

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B20633-FF82-FFCE-FCA1-EA10FA118048

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scientific name

Galeocerdo cuvier (Peron & le Sueur, 1822) Tiger
status

 

1. Galeocerdo cuvier (Peron & le Sueur, 1822) Tiger View in CoL shark (Figure 2)

Material examined: 1 ex.; 22.07.11; Mohana, MARC /ZSI/ F3719 .

Description: Body fusiform;head, thorax and abdomen stout. 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.

Distribution: It has a worldwide distribution in tropical and warm temperate seas. Atlantic, Indian Ocean; Pacific.

IUCN Status: Near Threatened (NT).

Remarks: The fish has good fishery value. Size: 9 m.

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