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Triaenodon obesus, Whitetip reef shark : fisheries, gamefish

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Triaenodon obesus (Rüppell, 1837)

Whitetip reef shark
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Philippines country information

Common names: Pating, Pating
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from specimens taken from New Sagay, Negros Occidental; Pasil market, Cebu, Casicagan Island (Ref. 47737) and Lanuza Bay (Ref. 104756). Also Ref. 280, 6871, 9997, 13724, 110893, 121724. Occurrence: New Sagay, Negros Occidental; Pasil market and Casicagan I., Cebu; Lanuza Bay, Surigao del Sur.
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: Compagno, L.J.V., P.R. Last, J.D. Stevens and M.N.R. Alava, 2005
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Requin corail, Tiburón coralero ñato, قرش مَرجان, ... more

Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (hajar och rockor) (sharks and rays) > Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks) > Carcharhinidae (Requiem sharks)
Etymology: Triaenodon: triaeno, from triaina (Gr.), trident (having three points); odon (Gr.), tooth, referring to each having a cusp and two cusplets (See ETYFish); obesus: Latin for fat or stout, referring to its blunt head, said to give the shark a plump appearance (See ETYFish).
More on author: Rüppell.

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

marina revassocierade; djupintervall 0 - 330 m (Ref. 244), usually 8 - 40 m (Ref. 244).   Tropical; 29°N - 30°S, 33°E - 77°W (Ref. 55196)

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