General Information

COMMON NAMES: Tiger Shark; German Tigerhai; French Requin Tigre TRADITIONAL NAMES: Mangō (RR), Mangō Taika (AK), Mango (TS TW); Other Polynesian - Mao Tore Tore (TAH), Mao Taita (TUA), Maio / Mano Vakovako (MQA), Mango (MVA) GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE ? - Cooks - Fr.Poly., Hawai‘i; s. to NZ COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group and N.Group. PLUS: Specimens taken off SW, RR and AK.; Marine, pelagic SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Dangerous.; Injurous bite - serious KEY FEATURES: To 5.5m TL.

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
+				-	+

Northern Group: Present
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
					+

Galeocerdo cuvier (Péron and Lesueur, 1822)
SYNONYMS: Galeocerdo cuvieri [misspelt]; Galeocerdo rayneri; Squalus cuvier [O]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; CHONDRICHTHYES; Carcharhiniformes; CARCHARHINIDAE

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: "specimens... off Ngatangiia" (Sims88); Photo CINews26/9/89, 3.75m 350kg, MMR net, ID I.Bertram. Aitutaki: "specimens...off Aitutaki" (Sims88). Suwarrow: 2 specimens 4/86, photo (Sims88 & EIA99);

References:
text p.36 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate -037b Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.21 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.40 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 3-01 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 3-01 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 8 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zD02

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