BRANSTETTER ET AL.; AGE AND GROWTH OF TIGER SHARK 



Table 2.— Comparison of length at age for observed and back-calculated data for 

 cuvieri. Lengths are to the nearest cm TL. Values indicate 



Atlantic and Gulf populations of the tiger shark, Galeocerdo 

 low-mean-high (n) for each age class. 



(0 



z 



LU 



o 



LU 

 CL 

 (/) 



LL 

 O 



CC 

 LU 



m 



TOTAL LENGTH (cm) 



Figure 5.— Length frequency of Galeocerdo cuvieri collected off Virginia and in the Gulf of Mexico. 

 Specimens are grouped into 10 cm size classes. 



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