Common names:
[No common name]
Occurrence:
questionable
Salinity:
freshwater
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Uses:
no uses
Comments:
Outside distributional range (Ref. 125614). Reported as ?Carcharinus gangeticus, recorded in Lake Naujan, Mindoro (Ref. 5517); as ?Carcharias gangeticus; records from Manila Bay, Cebu Agusan River & Saug River (Davao), Jolo Is & Sitankai (Sulu), Lake Naujan (Mindoro) (Ref. 280). Nominal records of Glyphis gangeticus from the Philippines cannot be confirmed; these may be based in whole or in part on Carcharhinus leucas. In the Western Pacific, three other Glyphis species are known and maybe wider-ranging (Ref. 47737). Also in Ref. 47930.
National Checklist:
Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences:
OccurrencesPoint map
Main Ref:
Ebert, D.A., S. Fowler and M. Dando, 2021
National Database:
Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks) > Carcharhinidae (Requiem sharks)
Etymology: Glyphis:Tautonymous with Carcharias glyphis Müller & Henle 1839. (See ETYFish); gangeticus:-icus (Gr.) belonging to: Ganges River, India, where Müller and Henle mistakenly thought it occurred. (See ETYFish). More on authors: Müller & Henle.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
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