Common names:
Aligasin, Balanak, Balanak
Occurrence:
native
Salinity:
freshwater
Abundance:
occasional (usually not seen)
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Importance:
commercial
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Uses:
no uses
Comments:
Occurs throughout the Philippines. Specimens were collected from Kiga creek, Leyte in 1993 (Ref. 7223). Also reported from Taal Lake (Ref. 12165, 13446). A food fish with soft flesh but found low in numbers. Found in Laguna de Bay. Museum specimens collected in 1983 from various localities, LRS-83119; in 1984, LRS-84134 (Ref. 13460). Museum: Western Calatagan, Batangas, UPZM 5412. Also Ref. 393, 2109.
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Occurrences:
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Main Ref:
De la Paz, R.M., N. Aragones and D. Agulto, 1988
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