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Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes, 1839)

Bull shark
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Philippines country information

Common names: Pating
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Records obtained from Pasil Fish Port I and II, Pasil, Cebu City and Dapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte; probably misidentified as a Glyphis species from probably the freswater lakes of Manila Bay; Cebu; Agusan River at Monkayo and Saug River, Davao Province, Mindanao; Parang, Jolo Island and Sitankai, Sulu Province; Lake Naujan, Mindoro (Ref. 47737); Lanuza Bay, Surigao del Sur (Ref. 104756). Also Ref. 244, 6871, 9997, 47930, 280, 707, 47736, 110893. Occurrence: Pasil Fish Port I and II, Cebu City and Bukana, Sikayab, Dapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte. Possibly from Manila Bay; Lake Naujan, Mindoro; Agusan River at Monkayo and Saug River, Davao Province in Mindanao; Lanuza Bay, Surigao del Sur; Parang, Jolo Island and Sitankai in Sulu Province.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Compagno, L.J.V., P.R. Last, J.D. Stevens and M.N.R. Alava, 2005
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Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks) > Carcharhinidae (Requiem sharks)
Etymology: Carcharhinus: karcharos (Gr.), sharp or jagged; rhinus, an ancient name for sharks, from rhine (Gr.), rasp, both words alluding to a shark's jagged, rasp-like skin. (See ETYFish);  leucas: From leukos (Gr.), white, referring to its body color, usually grayish with white underside [authorship often attributed to Müller & Henle, who published Valenciennes’ description]. (See ETYFish).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; reef-associated; amphidromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 1 - 164 m (Ref. 106604), usually 1 - 30 m (Ref. 55183).   Subtropical; 42°N - 39°S, 180°W - 180°E (Ref. 55182)

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