#2071 · 🦈 sharks & rays
Tiger Shark
🇳🇱 Tijgerhaai ·Galeocerdo cuvier
9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Kris-Mikael Krister · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © divercraig · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Kevin Bryant · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 4. © Mark Rosenstein · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Mark Rosenstein · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Mark Rosenstein · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © Albert Kang · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Etienne Guitton · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The tiger shark ( Galeocerdo cuvier ) is a species of requiem shark and the only extant member of the genus Galeocerdo . It is a large macropredator, capable of attaining a length over 5 m (16 ft 5 in). Populations are found in many tropical and temperate waters, especially around central Pacific islands. Its name derives from the dark stripes down its body, which resemble a tiger's pattern, but fade as the shark matures.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 842 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by François Péron in 1822 (204 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Tiger Shark
- Nederlands
- Tijgerhaai
- scientific name
- Galeocerdo cuvier
- class
- Chondrichthyes
- order
- Carcharhiniformes
- family
- Galeocerdonidae
- IUCN Red List
- NT · near threatened
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 842
- GBIF records in NL
- 1
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1822 by François Péron
IUCN in Dutch: gevoelig. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 52299, Wikidata Q188212, GBIF 2418234, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.