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Sharks & rays

Tiger Shark

Galeocerdo cuvier

Also known as: Leopard Shark, Maneater Shark, Spotted Shark

NTNear ThreatenedIUCN Red List, 2019
DangerousKeep your distance
Adult
@dranilgphillip · KUWAIT, Kuwait · May 20181 / 1
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Overview

Found singly, near the surface, or in very deep waters, of estuaries, harbours, jetties, lagoons, reefs, and over the continental, and insular shelfs, as well as in open waters of the ocean.
They feed nocturnally on virtually anything from domestic animals, cephalopods, crustaceans, detritus, fish, gastropods, humans, rays, other sharks, tortoises, etc!

They are potentially dangerous.

Requiem Sharks have some of the most potentially dangerous sharks in their family and are responsible for over half of shark attacks. They can also be difficult to identify!

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Circumtropical
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Found singly, near the surface, or in very deep waters, of estuaries, harbours, jetties, lagoons, reefs, and over the continental, and insular shelfs, as well as in open waters of the ocean.

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Adult photos 1

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classElasmobranchii
    4. orderCarcharhiniformes
    5. familyGaleocerdonidae
    6. genusGaleocerdo
    7. speciesGaleocerdo cuvier (Péron & Lesueur, 1822)

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    More in the family

    Carcharhiniformes