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Galeocerdo cuvier

Mangō

Tiger Shark

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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.

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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
+

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Scientific Taxonomy

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 & References

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

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org. Copy citation to system clipboard
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