Common names:
Aguma-a, Aguma-a, Alumahan
Occurrence:
native
Salinity:
brackish
Abundance:
abundant (always seen in some numbers)
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Ref: Collette, B.B. and C.E. Nauen, 1983
Importance:
commercial
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Uses:
no uses
Comments:
Most important commercial species of mackerel, caught the year round with native purse seines (italakop) and fish corrals (ibaklad) in Manila Bay and by dynamiting (Ref. 9684). Larval stages of this species are included in the 'dulong' catches from a study area in Calatagan, Batangas (Ref. 107093). Recorded from Estancia, Iloilo (Ref. 115926). Museum: Taytay market, FRLM 12073 - 74. Also Ref. 393, 4931, 58652.
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Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
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Occurrences:
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Main Ref:
Kimura, S., 1995
National Database:
