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Galeocerdo cuvier (Péron & Lesueur, 1822)

Tiger shark
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Common names: Tiger shark
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens, 1994
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Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: gamefish: yes;
Comments: Ranges from off northern Australia south to Perth in Western Australia and southern New South Wales (Ref. 6871); including Lord Howe I. (Ref. 8879) and the Ashmore and Cartier Islands (Ref. 75154). Caught by game fishers off Queensland and New South Wales during the summer (Ref. 6871). Not utilized commercially (Ref. 6871). Also Ref. 244, 2334, 7300, 9997.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens, 1994
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Requin tigre commun, Tintorera tigre, Requin demoiselle, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks) > Galeocerdonidae (Tiger sharks)
Etymology: Galeocerdo: galeos, a small shark or dogfish according to Aristotle and others (but perhaps used here as a generic term for shark); kerdo, Greek for fox, allusion not explained, perhaps referring to a cunning ability to steal bait from the line (see Alopias, Alopiidae). (See ETYFish);  cuvier: Patronym not identified but almost certainly in honor of French naturalist Georges Cuvier (1769-1832), then most famous for his Le Règne Animal (1816), a survey of the animal kingdom based on comparative anatomy [presumably a noun in apposition, without the patronymic “i”]. (See ETYFish).
  More on authors: Péron & Lesueur.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; brackish; benthopelagic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 800 m (Ref. 96339), usually 0 - 140 m (Ref. 26938).   Subtropical; 62°N - 44°S, 180°W - 180°E

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