Carcharhinus melanopterus in India
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Main Ref.
Also Ref.
Occurrence native
Importance Ref.
Aquaculture Ref.
Regulations Ref.
Freshwater Yes
Brackish Yes
Saltwater Yes
Live export
Bait No
Gamefish No
Abundance Ref.
Comments

Found along Indian coast, common in the Hooghly estuary in West Bengal and Chilka Lake in Orissa, Andaman, Laccadive and Waltair (Ref. 45255). Regularly caught in fisheries but utilization not known (Ref. 244). Also Ref. 4832, 9997, 29108.

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(e.g. 9948)
( e.g. cephalopods )
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