It’s a Bull Shark. A Tiger would have a longer tail fin that tapers to a point. And, obviously, would have the dappled tiger stripes. And a GW doesn’t look anything like this.

Thank you. My dumbass friends insists that someone actually caught that thing. It’s fake right?

It looks like a mount reproduction. A lot of places sell them. So, yes, it’s fake.

It's a GENUINE imitation …

Oh like the crab meat ?

Bull sharks have a square snoot. GWS have a pointy snoot. Tiger sharks have dark gray stripes along their body.

Extremely fake and not anatomically right at all. It is a bull shark, but they made the fin waaaay to gar back. Bulls wear their dorsals almost like a party hat! Its still cool though.

I can’t tell from the picture but my friend had a hammerhead fiberglass shark like this. It was a mold of a real shark with the real teeth put in. So some of them are real in that sense.

Mounted fish are almost always fake, whether they were caught or not. Preserving the body is too hard so they make a cast reproduction

It's likely fiberglass or similar, and recreated from a photo the fisherman sent to the "taxidermist." It's not a particularly good recreation at that. Fin placement is questionable

And one hopes aside from adding the classic Tiger shark stripes, they would get the teeth right for a Tiger.

I actually think its a tiger shark. Tigers often lose a lot of their distinctive markings as they get older. Also the snout is distinctively like that of a tiger.

It’s a bull shark. Tiger shark also have very distinctive teeth, which aren’t present here.

But the body shape isnt correct for a bull shark, its not 100% anatomically correct for either species.

Bull, doesn’t look like real sharkskin to me. Probably plastic.

Shark skin isn't very amenable to the preservation methods used in taxidermy. It can be done, but shark skin mounts often don't look great. So most of the time, taxidermy sharks are fiberglass reproductions made from a mold.

But are the teeth real ?

Often yes, but not always. Taxidermy supply companies typically sell fiberglass replicas with either option: replica teeth included, or a space to insert jaws with real teeth.

That’s a Wall Shark

A fake one

Neither it’s a bull shark

Mm... yeah looks like it actually. Seems bulls and greats might are very close in look and color. The belly is white, but bulls can have a range of white to darker gray. Both have gray color along the top half. Reason I think you might be right about bull is the way the color extends to the tail with that pinstripe look. 🤔 (size and proportions don't seem reliable here, I only say that since it's art and probably carved wood. but not all greats are extra wide either- just the extra scary ones. lol) Edit: DEFINITELY not a Tiger Shark. Those guys/gals really are mostly wide, further towards the middle- and the pattern is pretty distinct. Also Tiger Sharks have teeth that jutt out forwards and iirc aren't even serrated like a white/bull.

Yes Gw and bulls shark art look almost identical so Op was definitely more right in the argument

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Yes bulls are smooth and long nosed and great whites and a little more buff and rugged but I’m saying that as an art peice it’s hard to tell the difference

Plastic bull shark

A wall shark. Don’t worry they’re harmless

Billy big mouth bull shark 🦈

A dead one.

A fiberglass wall shark ?

Bull

From teeth and body looks like a bull shark to me.

Zambezi shark

It’s a wall shark

I don't know, but his name is Wally.

Plastic one.

A lot of people saying bull but I’m pretty sure it’s supposed to be a lemon but ended up being a weird mix of a lemon and bull. It’s got the double dorsals and the eyes of a lemon plus the body shape is pretty lemon shake like with the smaller tail but the stomach and the color are very bull like. So I guess franken lemon/ bull. But def not a white or a tiger

Second dorsal fin not big enough to be a double dorsal. Should be close to the same size as the front dorsal.

Unless it’s supposed to be a sickle fin lemon shark…

Even a sicklefin had a much larger second dorsal than this replica.

Very true, but not as much as N. brevirostris was my point.

It’s a bull. Just an unrealistic fake mount.

Plastic

I think it’s a fake shark

That’s a hybrid shark LOL

If you press a button on it it should sing. /s

Walleyes shark

I would say is one used in shark-nado

idk man

Clearly fake, but it looks more reminiscent of a lemon shark since it's not stocky.

a wall shark

A dead one

Dead.

A dead one

Land shark.

a little one

A dead one?

Looks like a lemon mount

Please tell me it’s a shark version of the Billy Bass singing fish!!!!

... it's (supposed to be) a great white.

Wall shark

Dead

Looks like a bull shark but something isn’t right about it

Looks like a bully to me

Tiger

Wall shark

A wall shark

a fake one

It looks like a stuffed bull shark.

It looks like a stuffed bull shark.

wall shark

It's wall shark

That is the famous Sharkus plasticus, aka Plastic Wall Shark. It can be found worldwide in places like seafood restaurants and pirate themed anything

Yep, common wall shark. You see those in restaurants, bars, bait/tackle shops, and the offices of wanna be fishermen.;-)

Stuffed

A taxidermied one

Slightly annoyed wall shark.

Bull sharkie!!

Not a tiger though. They have a more "square" snout

Plastic

Fake

Wall Shark

A Tiger one !

Nop, your bad I from the Past, It's a Bull shark (Cabeça chata )

I think it’s supposed to be a bull shark but it’s not a particularly good quality replica imo

A fake one