The Tiger Shark is to tropical waters what the Great White is to temperate waters. This shark will simply eat ANYTHING. Adult Tiger sharks stick to areas beyond the edge of the reef, and are mostly active at night, entering shallow reefs and lagoons to feed.

The Tiger shark has a large, barrel shaped body that tapers to a slender section in front of it's well developed, long, pointed caudal fin.Each of it's jaws contains 18 to 20 rows of heavily serrated, cockscomb shaped teeth. The upper body is bluish grey to brown, and it has black or dark grey stripes that run vertically, and fade with maturity

Reproduction: Females give birth to 10 to 82 pups per litter after a gestation period of 12 to 13 months

It is usually a slow swimmer capable of short bursts of speed while feeding. This shark is rarely sighted

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