Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: questionable
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
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Aquaculture: | Ref:
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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.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Ebert, D.A., S. Fowler and M. Dando, 2021
National Database: