Galeocerdo cuvieri (Peron and Lesueur, 1822)
Synonyms:
sometimes spelt G. cuvier
Galeocerdo cuvier (Péron and Lesueur, 1822)
Squalus cuvier Peron and Lesueur, 1822 in Lesueur, J. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad., 2: 351
(Terre de Witt, New Holland). Type: unknown.
Squalus arcticus Faber, 1829, Naturgesch . Fische Islands: 17 (Iceland). Type: unknown .
Galeocerdo arcticus: Müller and Henle, 1841: 60 | Krøyer, 1852: 933 | Fowler, 1936, 1: 56 | Dollfus, 1955: 19.
Galeocerdo cuvier: Bigelow and Schroeder, 1948: 271, fig. 44 | Wheeler, 1969: 58, fig. 23-24.
Common names:
Tiger shark [UK and USA]
Requin tigre commun [France and Belgium]
Tintorera [Spain]