Common name of Sphyrna zygaena
 
Common name Bingkungan
Language Tagalog
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country Philippines
Locality
Ref. Herre, A.W.C.T. and A.F. Umali, 1948
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core morphology
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks Out of distributional range; occurrence needs to be verified. 'Bingkungan', comes from the root word 'bingkung', i.e., 'twisted' or 'knotted'.
 
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