Tiger shark

Japanese: tiger shark(英語表記)tigershark
Tiger shark

...A marine fish of the Carcharhinidae family of the Carcharhinidae order. The name "tiger shark" is a direct translation of the genus name " Galeocerdo ", and the English name is "tiger shark" because the horizontal stripes on its body resemble those of a tiger, but it is a different species from the catshark of the Scyllidae family. It is found in coastal areas from tropical to temperate zones all over the world, and in Japan it is distributed from central Honshu to Okinawa.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "tiger shark" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…メジロザメ目メジロザメ科の海産魚。イタチザメの名は属名のGaleocerdoをそのまま訳したもので,英名では体の横縞模様がトラに似ているのでtiger shark(トラザメ)というが,トラザメ科のトラザメとは別種である。全世界の熱帯から温帯にかけての沿岸域に多く,日本では本州中部から沖縄にかけて分布する。…

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