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- English Name : Tiger shark
- Local Name : Femunu miyaru
- Size : Max. 7.4 m or more
- Family : CARCHARHINIDAE
- Order : Carcharhiniformes
- Distinctive Characters: Body large and fairly snout. Short, blunt snout. Foreparts stout, but hindparts more slender. Low keel on either side of caudal peduncle. - Distinctive teeth (see illustration). Upper labial furrows very long extending to front of eyes. Spiracle present.
- Colour: Grey. Dark spots and stripes on sides, which fade with growth.
- Habitat and Biology: Occurs in inshore, as well as offshore waters, near the surface and bottom. A voracious indiscriminate predator feeding on all kinds of fish, marine mammals, turtles, sea birds, sea snakes, cephalopods, molluscs and crustaceans, as well as carrion and garbage. Ovoviviparous; size of litter very large, 10 to 82. This species may mature at between 4 to 6 years old.
- Distribution: Circumtropical.
- Remarks: Galeocerdo cuvier is one of the most dangerous sharks. It attacks divers, swimmers and even
boats. Certainly the tiger shark has the worst reputation as a man-eater amongst tropical sharks.