Common names:
[No common name]
Occurrence:
questionable
Salinity:
marine
Abundance:
scarce (very unlikely)
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Importance:
of no interest
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Aquaculture:
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Regulations:
protected
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Uses:
no uses
Comments:
Record from Philippines is based on skeletal remains washed up on shore in Burias Island, Masbate. CITES A-II listed and protected under RA 8550 (Ref. 47737). Occurrence remains questionable since it is outside distributional range of the species (Ref. 58085).
National Checklist:
Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences:
OccurrencesPoint map
Main Ref:
Compagno, L.J.V., D. Dando and S. Fowler, 2005
National Database:
Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Lamniformes (Mackerel sharks) > Cetorhinidae (Basking sharks)
Etymology: Cetorhinus:cetus (L.), from ketos (Gr.) whale, referring to its size; rhinus, an ancient name for sharks, from rhine (Gr.), rasp, alluding to a shark’s jagged, rasp-like skin. (See ETYFish); maximus:Latin for greatest, being the largest known fish (i.e., non-mammalian aquatic vertebrate) at the time (superseded by Rhincodon typus). (See ETYFish).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; pelagic-oceanic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 2000 m (Ref. 26346), usually 0 - ? m (Ref. 55197). Temperate; 6°C - 24°C (Ref. 88171); 75°N - 58°S, 111°E - 42°E (Ref. 84930)
Distribution
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