Tiger Shark
Galeocerdo cuvier
Category: Sharks & Rays
IUCN Conservation Status: NT - Near Threatened - close to qualifying for a threatened category in the near future
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Elasmobranchii
- Order
- Carcharhiniformes
- Family
- Galeocerdonidae
- Genus
- Galeocerdo
Where to Find
Found in 48 diving areas across 27 countries and 8 regions.
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 1 records
- Coral Sea, Australia - 59 records
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 55 records
- Lord Howe Island, Australia - 165 records
- Ningaloo Reef, Australia - 1759 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 122 records
- Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 365 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 2 records
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 2 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 3 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 1 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 5 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 1 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 7 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 2 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 7 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 7 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 1 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 1 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 7 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 13 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 2 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 4 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 7 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 7 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 1 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 7 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 2 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 2 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 6 records
- Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique - 2 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 2 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 1 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 63 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 1476 records
- Hikkaduwa & South Coast, Sri Lanka - 2 records
- Socorro Islands, Mexico - 19 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 2 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 4 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 2 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 1 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 3 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 2 records
- Koh Tao, Thailand - 1 records