Common names:
[No common name]
Occurrence:
native
Salinity:
marine
Abundance:
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Importance:
of no interest
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Uses:
no uses
Comments:
Photographed from captured specimen from Cagayan de Oro, 21 February 1998 and 06 January 2003; by-catch in gillnet fishery; stranded specimen on the beach of Barangay Namocon in Tigbauan, Iloilo (Ref. 47737). Also Ref. 43278.
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:
Compagno, L.J.V., 2001
National Database:
Elasmobranchii (hajar och rockor) (sharks and rays) > Lamniformes (Mackerel sharks) > Megachasmidae (Megamouth sharks)
Etymology: Megachasma:megas (Gr.), large; chasma (Gr.), yawning hole or open mouth, referring to its unusually large oral cavity. (See ETYFish); pelagios:Greek for “of the sea,” referring to its oceanic, epipelagic habitat. (See ETYFish).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ekologi
marina; havsvandrande (Ref. 51243); djupintervall 5 - 600 m (Ref. 58302), usually 120 - 166 m (Ref. 48844). Deep-water; 40°N - 40°S, 180°W - 180°E
Utbredning
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