WoRMS taxon details
Galeocerdo cuvier (Péron & Lesueur, 1822)
105799 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105799)
accepted
Species
Carcharias fasciatus Bleeker, 1852 · unaccepted
Carcharias hemprichii Klunzinger, 1871 · unaccepted
Galeocerda cuvier (Péron & Lesueur, 1822) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Galeocerdo arcticus (Faber, 1829) · unaccepted
Galeocerdo cuvieri (Péron & Lesueur, 1822) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Galeocerdo fasciatus van Kampen, 1907 · unaccepted
Galeocerdo obtusus Klunzinger, 1871 · unaccepted
Galeocerdo rayneri Macdonald & Barron, 1868 · unaccepted
Galeocerdo tigrinis Müller & Henle, 1839 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Galeocerdo tigrinus Müller & Henle, 1839 · unaccepted
Galeus cepedianus Agassiz, 1838 · unaccepted
Galeus maculatus Ranzani, 1839 · unaccepted (synonym)
Squalus arcticus Faber, 1829 · unaccepted
Squalus cuvier Péron & Lesueur, 1822 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Squalus cuvier Péron & Lesueur, 1822) Lesueur, C. A. (1822). Description of a Squalus, of a very large size, which was taken on the coast of New-Jersey. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> v. 2: 343-352, Pl. [details]
Description Found in both coastal and oceanic waters, including estuaries. Nocturnal feeder on mammals, tortoises, birds, sea snakes,...
Distribution circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas; in the Atlantic strays as far north as Iceland and Norway; north to Cape...
Description Found in both coastal and oceanic waters, including estuaries. Nocturnal feeder on mammals, tortoises, birds, sea snakes, squids, gastropods, crustaceans, and detritus. Ovoviviparous. One of the most common of the large sharks in the tropics, second only to @Carcharodon carcharias@ in recorded attacks on humans. At least 27 documented attacks are sourced to it. The 910 cm record unconfirmed. One specimen, reportedly taken off Indo-China, weighed 3,110 kg and measured 740 cm (Ref. 9987). May be caught using longlines (Ref. 5213). Valued for its meat and fins as well as its excellent hide; utilized fresh, dried-salted, smoked and frozen (Ref. 9987). [details]
Distribution circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas; in the Atlantic strays as far north as Iceland and Norway; north to Cape...
Distribution circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas; in the Atlantic strays as far north as Iceland and Norway; north to Cape Cod, strays into Gulf of Maine [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Galeocerdo cuvier (Péron & Lesueur, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105799 on 2024-08-31
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original description
(of Squalus cuvier Péron & Lesueur, 1822) Lesueur, C. A. (1822). Description of a Squalus, of a very large size, which was taken on the coast of New-Jersey. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> v. 2: 343-352, Pl. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Collette, B. B., ; Klein-MacPhee, G. (2002). Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. <em>Smithsonian Institution Press.</em> 1-748. [details]
additional source Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. <em>Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Zenetos, A.; Çinar, M.E.; Pancucci-Papadopoulou, M.A.; Harmelin, J.-G.; Furnari, G.; Andaloro, F.; Bellou, N.; Streftaris, N.; Zibrowius, H. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Zenetos, A.; Gofas, S.; Verlaque, M.; Cinar, M.; Garcia Raso, J.; Bianchi, C.; Morri, C.; Azzurro, E.; Bilecenoglu, M.; Froglia, C.; Siokou, I.; Violanti, D.; Sfriso, A.; San Martin, G.; Giangrande, A.; Katagan, T.; Ballesteros, E.; Ramos-Espla, A.; Mastrototaro, F.; Ocana, O.; Zingone, A.; Gambi, M.; Streftaris, N. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
additional source Ben Rais Lasram, F.; Mouillot, D. (2008). Increasing southern invasion enhances congruence between endemic and exotic Mediterranean fish fauna. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 11(3): 697-711., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-008-9284-4 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Collette, B. B., ; Klein-MacPhee, G. (2002). Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. <em>Smithsonian Institution Press.</em> 1-748. [details]
additional source Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. <em>Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
![PDF available PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
additional source Zenetos, A.; Çinar, M.E.; Pancucci-Papadopoulou, M.A.; Harmelin, J.-G.; Furnari, G.; Andaloro, F.; Bellou, N.; Streftaris, N.; Zibrowius, H. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors
![PDF available PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
![PDF available PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
additional source Zenetos, A.; Gofas, S.; Verlaque, M.; Cinar, M.; Garcia Raso, J.; Bianchi, C.; Morri, C.; Azzurro, E.; Bilecenoglu, M.; Froglia, C.; Siokou, I.; Violanti, D.; Sfriso, A.; San Martin, G.; Giangrande, A.; Katagan, T.; Ballesteros, E.; Ramos-Espla, A.; Mastrototaro, F.; Ocana, O.; Zingone, A.; Gambi, M.; Streftaris, N. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
![OpenAccess publication OpenAccess publication](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/openaccess.png)
additional source Ben Rais Lasram, F.; Mouillot, D. (2008). Increasing southern invasion enhances congruence between endemic and exotic Mediterranean fish fauna. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 11(3): 697-711., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-008-9284-4 [details] Available for editors
![PDF available PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
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Description Found in both coastal and oceanic waters, including estuaries. Nocturnal feeder on mammals, tortoises, birds, sea snakes, squids, gastropods, crustaceans, and detritus. Ovoviviparous. One of the most common of the large sharks in the tropics, second only to @Carcharodon carcharias@ in recorded attacks on humans. At least 27 documented attacks are sourced to it. The 910 cm record unconfirmed. One specimen, reportedly taken off Indo-China, weighed 3,110 kg and measured 740 cm (Ref. 9987). May be caught using longlines (Ref. 5213). Valued for its meat and fins as well as its excellent hide; utilized fresh, dried-salted, smoked and frozen (Ref. 9987). [details]Distribution circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas; in the Atlantic strays as far north as Iceland and Norway; north to Cape Cod, strays into Gulf of Maine [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Remark Same spelling in Ref. 3814. [details]
Language | Name | |
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English | tiger shark | [details] |
Hebrew | כריש טיגרי | [details] |
Japanese | イタチザメ | [details] |
Lithuanian | tigrinis ryklys | [details] |
Polish | żarłacz tygrysirekin tygrysi | [details] |
Russian | акула тигровая | [details] |
Slovenian | morski tiger | [details] |
Spanish | tintoreratiburón tigre | [details] |
Turkish | kaplan köpekbalığıkaplan kopekbaligi | [details] |
Ukrainian | Тигрова акулаАкула тигрова | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (307 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Galeocerdo obtusus Klunzinger, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Galeocerdo fasciatus van Kampen, 1907)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (150 publications) (from synonym Galeocerdo tigrinus Müller & Henle, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Galeus maculatus Ranzani, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Squalus arcticus Faber, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Galeocerdo cuvieri (Péron & Lesueur, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications) (from synonym Galeocerdo rayneri Macdonald & Barron, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Galeus cepedianus Agassiz, 1838)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Carcharias fasciatus Bleeker, 1852)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (73 publications) (from synonym Galeocerdo arcticus (Faber, 1829))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Squalus cuvier Péron & Lesueur, 1822)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Galeocerdo cuvieri (Péron & Lesueur, 1822))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Galeocerdo cuvier)
To FishBase (from synonym Galeocerdo arcticus (Faber, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Galeocerdo fasciatus van Kampen, 1907)
To FishBase (from synonym Galeocerdo obtusus Klunzinger, 1871)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus cuvier Péron & Lesueur, 1822)
To FishBase (from synonym Carcharias hemprichii Klunzinger, 1871)
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus arcticus Faber, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Carcharias fasciatus Bleeker, 1852)
To FishBase (from synonym Galeus maculatus Ranzani, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Galeus cepedianus Agassiz, 1838)
To FishBase (from synonym Galeocerdo tigrinus Müller & Henle, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Galeocerdo rayneri Macdonald & Barron, 1868)
To FishBase (from synonym Galeocerda cuvier (Péron & Lesueur, 1822))
To FishBase (from synonym Galeocerdo cuvieri (Péron & Lesueur, 1822))
To FishBase images (Galeocerdo cuvier, Australia, by University of Western Australia (UWA))
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (439 nucleotides; 400 proteins)
To GenBank (439 nucleotides; 400 proteins) (from synonym Squalus cuvier Péron & Lesueur, 1822)
To GenBank (439 nucleotides; 400 proteins) (from synonym Galeocerdo cuvieri (Péron & Lesueur, 1822))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Galeocerdo cuvier USNM 178309)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Galeocerdo cuvier USNM 232946)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Galeocerdo cuvieri (Péron & Lesueur, 1822))
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Galeocerdo obtusus Klunzinger, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Galeocerdo fasciatus van Kampen, 1907)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (150 publications) (from synonym Galeocerdo tigrinus Müller & Henle, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Galeus maculatus Ranzani, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Squalus arcticus Faber, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Galeocerdo cuvieri (Péron & Lesueur, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications) (from synonym Galeocerdo rayneri Macdonald & Barron, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Galeus cepedianus Agassiz, 1838)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Carcharias fasciatus Bleeker, 1852)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (73 publications) (from synonym Galeocerdo arcticus (Faber, 1829))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Squalus cuvier Péron & Lesueur, 1822)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Galeocerdo cuvieri (Péron & Lesueur, 1822))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Galeocerdo cuvier)
To FishBase (from synonym Galeocerdo arcticus (Faber, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Galeocerdo fasciatus van Kampen, 1907)
To FishBase (from synonym Galeocerdo obtusus Klunzinger, 1871)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus cuvier Péron & Lesueur, 1822)
To FishBase (from synonym Carcharias hemprichii Klunzinger, 1871)
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus arcticus Faber, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Carcharias fasciatus Bleeker, 1852)
To FishBase (from synonym Galeus maculatus Ranzani, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Galeus cepedianus Agassiz, 1838)
To FishBase (from synonym Galeocerdo tigrinus Müller & Henle, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Galeocerdo rayneri Macdonald & Barron, 1868)
To FishBase (from synonym Galeocerda cuvier (Péron & Lesueur, 1822))
To FishBase (from synonym Galeocerdo cuvieri (Péron & Lesueur, 1822))
To FishBase images (Galeocerdo cuvier, Australia, by University of Western Australia (UWA))
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (439 nucleotides; 400 proteins)
To GenBank (439 nucleotides; 400 proteins) (from synonym Squalus cuvier Péron & Lesueur, 1822)
To GenBank (439 nucleotides; 400 proteins) (from synonym Galeocerdo cuvieri (Péron & Lesueur, 1822))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Galeocerdo cuvier USNM 178309)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Galeocerdo cuvier USNM 232946)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Galeocerdo cuvieri (Péron & Lesueur, 1822))
To ITIS