Tiger shark - Galeocerdo cuvier

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Galeocerdo cuvier
Author (Péron and Lesueur in Lesueur, 1822)
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 160189
Common Names Spanish: tintorera
English: tiger shark
Spanish: tiburón tigre
Current Standing valid
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Chondrichthyes
        Subclass: Elasmobranchii
          Superorder: Euselachii
            Order: Carcharhiniformes
              Family: Carcharhinidae
                Genus: Galeocerdo
Taxonomic Children
Synonyms (since 1950)

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ITIS TSN160189
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
    -
Status - Red List, IUCN
    NT (Global)
    DD (Europe)
#records (spatial)21,899
#records (non-spatial)0
#datasets43
Year1950 - 2021
Latitude-42.75 - 43.64
Longitude-178.33 - 175.50
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