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Common names:
Aluan, Aluan, Amanu
Occurrence:
introduced
Salinity:
freshwater
Abundance:
common (usually seen)
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Importance:
commercial
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Aquaculture:
commercial
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Regulations:
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Uses:
no uses
Comments:
Status to be confirmed; recorded as introduced (Ref. 6565). Known from Lagu Lagu creek and Layog River at Balinsasayao, Leyte in 1993 (Ref. 7223); Laguna de Bay (Ref. 80824); Lake Mainit (Ref. 4867, 50320, 13446, 81829); Lake Lanao, Lanao del Sur (Ref. 13446, 95183); Lake Sebu in Cotabato; Lake Balinsasayao in Negros Oriental, near Dumaguete (Ref. 2854); Lake Buluan (Ref. 13492); Naujan lake (Ref. 13446); Manguao Lake in a study in 2003, common in the littoral zone where the aquatic macrophytes are, they are carnivorous, scavengers and nocturnal (Ref. 50862); and Kalinawan River (Ref. 81829). Recorded from Candaba Swamp and Pampanga River (Ref. 109918). Fairly common in Lake Bombon (=Taal) (Ref. 12165, 13446) and reported as part of gill net catch composition in Talisay area, Taal Lake (Ref. 81207, 13446). Caught in Lake Manguao by gill net and by hook and line (Ref. 13489). Collected from CLSU fish pond, Nueva Ecija (Ref. 81820). An important food fish. Previously cultured in the past (Ref. 7306, 12548). Recorded as having been or being farmed in rice fields (Ref. 119549). Also Ref. 2847, 12547, 12744, 36654, 41236.
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:
Bleher, H., 1996
National Database:
