Tiger Shark.
(Galeocerdo cuvier).

Other Common Names:
Leopard Shark.

Identification:
Upper body striped light and dark gray.
Lower body white.
Almost square head with large dark eyes.
Five short gill slits.
Serrated cockscomb–shaped teeth.

Typical Location:
In open water along continental shelf.
Over reefs and canyons.
Along current lines and temperature changes.

Fishing Methods:
At anchor or drifting with live and dead bait
often in combination with chum.

Fighting Characteristics:
An extremely tough fighter with fast and long runs
mixed with rolls on the leader.
Will often come to the surface during the fight,
followed by more runs in midwater.

Fishing Khao Lak's Comment:
Not for the faint hearted this ferocious predater!

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Fish Species | Photo Gallery

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African Pompano | Amberjack | Barracouta | Barracuda | Barramundi | Bigeye Trevally
Black Marlin | Black–blotched Stingray | Blackspot Shark | Blacktip Reef Shark
Blue Marlin | Bluefin Trevally | Bluespotted Stingray | Bonefish | Bridled Parrotfish

Broadbill Swordfish | Bull Shark | Camouflage Grouper | Checkered Seaperch
Cobia | Copper Shark | Coral Trout | Coronation Trout | Daisy Parrotfish
Dogtooth Tuna | Dorado | Dusky Parrotfish | Ember Parrotfish

Giant Trevally | Golden Trevally | Green Jobfish | Grey Mullet | Grey Reef Shark
Hammerhead Shark | Honeycomb Grouper | John's Snapper | Kawa Kawa Tuna
Leopard Shark | Long–Finned Bigeye | Longnose Emperor | Longtail Tuna

Longtom | Mako Shark | Malabar Grouper | Mangrove Jack | Maori Seaperch
Narrow–barred Spanish Mackerel | Peacock Rockcod | Permit | Queenfish
Rainbow Runner | Red Snapper | Reticulated Swellshark | Rosy Snapper

Ruby Snapper | Sailfish | Silvertip Shark | Skipjack Tuna | Smalltooth Emperor
Smalltooth Jobfish | Spangled Emperor | Sweetlip Emperor | Tarpon | Threadfin Salmon
Tiger Shark | Tripletail | Tripletail Wrasse | Wahoo | Yellowfin Tuna

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