The Tiger Shark is a member of the most ‘typical’ sharks, such as the brown, dusky, bull, lemon, and blue. Even without stripes, this shark is particularly easy to identify. It has a very broad head that is almost square when viewed from above. Its nostrils, located near the front of the short snout, are quite pronounced, and its teeth, should you get close enough to examine them, are unique. They are sharp-pointed and serrated like those of many other species, but they are sharply notched on the side that faces away from the median line of the head, giving then an unmistakable cockscomb shape. As further means of identification, the tiger shark has an upper tail lobe that is unusually long and pointed. Like many of the oceanic or pelagic sharks, the tiger has no particular range, but it is found in all tropical and semitropical seas.
The Tiger Shark is a member of the most ‘typical’ sharks, such as the brown, dusky, bull, lemon, and blue. Even without stripes, this shark is particularly easy to identify. It has a very broad head that is almost square when viewed from above. Its nostrils, located near the front of the short snout, are quite pronounced, and its teeth, should you get close enough to examine them, are unique. They are sharp-pointed and serrated like those of many other species, but they are sharply notched on the side that faces away from the median line of the head, giving then an unmistakable cockscomb shape. As further means of identification, the tiger shark has an upper tail lobe that is unusually long and pointed. Like many of the oceanic or pelagic sharks, the tiger has no particular range, but it is found in all tropical and semitropical seas.
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