Common names: Awa-awa, Awa, Awa
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: abundant (always seen in some numbers) | Ref: Bagarinao, T., 1994
Importance: commercial | Ref: Bagarinao, T., 1994
Aquaculture: commercial | Ref: Bagarinao, T., 1994
Regulations: restricted | Ref: Bagarinao, T., 1994
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Marinduque (Ref. 58652). Reported from Lake Buluan (Ref. 13492), Lake Lanao, Lake Taal, Lake Naujan (13446), and Lanuza Bay (Ref. 104756). Migrated into Lake Mainit via Tubay River, Mindanao (Ref. 4867, 13446). A very important food fish; cultured in fishponds, pens or cages in Laguna de Bay and all over the country (Ref. 80824). Recorded as having been or being farmed in rice fields (Ref. 119549). No fishery for adult milkfish as it is illegal to catch them. Incidentally caught by various gears in coastal waters (Ref. 9814). Used to have a fishery for migrating adults from Naujan Lake and Taal Lake (Bagarinao, pers. Comm.) (Ref. 81207). Museum specimens collected in 1983-4 from various localities, LRS-83109 (Ref. 13460). Also Ref. 49, 393, 9987, 12547, 12550, 12868, 121724.
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Main Ref: Broad, G., 2003
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