Galapagos Species Database
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Galeocerdo cuvier
tiburón tigre, alecrin, tintorera, Tiger shark
Grey above with vertical dark grey to black bars and spots which appear faded in adults, white below.
Subtropical(62°N-42°S,180°W-180°E)
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Elasmobranchii
Order
Carcharhiniformes
Family
Carcharhinidae
Genus
Galeocerdo
Species
cuvier
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Carcharias fasciatus Bleeker, 1852, Carcharias hemprichii Klunzinger, 1871, Galeocerda cuvier (Péron & Lesueur, 1822) (misspelling), Galeocerdo arcticus (Faber, 1829), Galeocerdo cuvieri (Péron & Lesueur, 1822) (misspelling), Galeocerdo fasciatus van Kampen, 1907, Galeocerdo obtusus Klunzinger, 1871, Galeocerdo rayneri Macdonald & Barron, 1868, Galeocerdo tigrinus Müller & Henle, 1839, Galeus cepedianus Agassiz, 1838, Galeus maculatus Ranzani, 1840, Squalus arcticus Faber, 1829, Squalus cuvier Péron & Lesueur, 1822, fide Appeltans et al. (2010)
Origin: Native
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Constant, P. (2007) Marine Life of the Galapagos. The Diver's guide to Fishes, Whales, Dolphins and marine Invertebrates, 307 pp.
- Grove, J.S. Lavenberg, R.J. (1997) The Fishes of the Galapagos Islands. Stanford University Press, Stanford California. 862 pp.
- McCosker, J.E. Rosenblatt, R.H. (2010) The fishes of the Galápagos Archipelago: an update. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., Ser. 4, vol. 61, Suppl. II, no. 11: 167-195.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Galeocerdo cuvier", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12799. Accessed 3 October 2026.