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Mene maculata (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Moonfish
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Philippines country information

Common names: Bandurya, Barung-barung, Belong
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: Woodland, D.J., 2001
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Cebu City (Ref. 58652) and Lanuza Bay (Ref. 104756). Reported from 1990 to 1995, in the FAO Yearbook of Fishery Statistics a yearly catch of 4,207-9,077 t from the area, which almost exclusively from the Philippines (Ref. 47690).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Herre, A.W.C.T., 1953
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Carangaria/misc (Various families in series Carangaria) > Menidae (Moonfish)
Etymology: Mene: Greek, mene, meneos = strength (Ref. 45335).
  More on authors: Bloch & Schneider.

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

Marine; brackish; reef-associated; depth range 50 - 200 m (Ref. 47690).   Subtropical; 32°N - 30°S, 30°E - 169°E

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