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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
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Creator Edward,Loveson
Ghosh,Shubhadeep
Muktha,M
Jayasankar,Reeta
Behera,Pralaya Ranjan
Bar,Sukhdeb
 
Subject threatened tiger shark
Galeocerdo cuvier
Puri coast
Odisha
conservation
 
Description Not Available
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.
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Date 2021-09-16T09:18:07Z
2021-09-16T09:18:07Z
2013
 
Type Article
 
Identifier Not Available
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/63235
 
Language English
 
Relation Not Available
 
Publisher Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute