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Carcharhinus altimus (Springer, 1950)

Bignose shark
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Carcharhinus altimus
Female picture by Cambraia Duarte, P.M.N. (c)ImagDOP


Philippines country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Specimens collected from Palapala Fish Port of Cadiz City, Cebu on 6 April 2000 (BRU 160, immature male, 51.2 cm TL) and 10 April 2000 (BRU 184, female, 63.4 cm TL and BRU 185, female, 70.5 cm TL ). Recorded from photos taken from Suba, Pasil, Cebu City, 11 April 2000 (JPAG 304, female, no size given) and by one pair dried jaws from San Jose, Taytay, 2 July 1999 (as Carcharhinus altimus or C. plumbeus, JPAG 304, sex and size unknown) (Ref. 47737). Recorded from Davao Gulf and Sulu-Celebes Sea (Ref. 47736). Occurrence: Palapala Fish Port, Cadiz City and Suba, Pasil, Cebu; San Jose, Taytay, Palawan; Davao Gulf, Davao; Sulu-Celebes Sea.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Compagno, L.J.V., P.R. Last, J.D. Stevens and M.N.R. Alava, 2005
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Classification / Names ชื่อสามัญ | ชื่อพ้อง | Catalog of Fishes(สกุล, ชนิด) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

sub class Elasmobranchii (ฉลามและกระเบน) (sharks and rays) > Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks) > Carcharhinidae (Requiem sharks)
Etymology: Carcharhinus: karcharos (Gr.), sharp or jagged; rhinus, an ancient name for sharks, from rhine (Gr.), rasp, both words alluding to a shark's jagged, rasp-like skin. (See ETYFish);  altimus: Latin for highest, allusion not explained nor evident. (See ETYFish).

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

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