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Occurrence of near threatened tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier (Peron & Lesueur, 1822) from Puri coast, Odisha

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Title Occurrence of near threatened tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier
(Peron & Lesueur, 1822) from Puri coast, Odisha
 
Creator Behera, Pralaya Ranjan
Bar, Sukhdeb
Jayasankar, Reeta
Muktha, M
Ghosh, Shubhadeep
Edward, Loveson
 
Subject Shark fisheries
Conservation
 
Description Tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier (Peron & Lesueur,
1822) has a circumglobal distribution in tropical and
warm temperate seas. The Tiger shark, G. Cuvier
belongs to the family Carcharhinidae, which is
constituted by 12 genera and 54 valid species. The
genus Galeocerdo represents a single species G. cuvier.
It is locally known as Valiyasurav. Tiger sharks feed on
sea turtles, sea cow, teleost fishes, sea snakes, sea
birds, jellyfishes, rays, marine mammals and crabs.
This species is considered as an apex predator in the
marine ecosystem.
 
Publisher Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2013
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/10583/1/2.MFIS-217.pdf
Behera, Pralaya Ranjan and Bar, Sukhdeb and Jayasankar, Reeta and Muktha, M and Ghosh, Shubhadeep and Edward, Loveson (2013) Occurrence of near threatened tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier (Peron & Lesueur, 1822) from Puri coast, Odisha. Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical & Extension Series, 217. p. 19.