Philippines country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: questionable
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Nominally recorded in the Philippines (Ref. 13568). Probably a junior synonym of C. taurus, thus, regarded as a doubtful species for the present until validity is confirmed. Validity noted as questionable in Compagno's 1999 checklist (Ref. 35766).
National Checklist:
Country Information: httpss://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., 1999
National Database:

Classification / Names

Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Lamniformes (Mackerel sharks) > Odontaspididae (Sand tigers)
Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL

Common names from other countries

Blue nurse sand-tiger, Blue nurse shark, Requin brisant, ... more

Issue
Questionably a synonym of Carcharias taurus (Ref. 35766, 43278). Questionably a synonym of Carcharias taurus Rafinesque 1810 (Compagno 2001:58; Ref. 43278). Probably a junior synonym of Carcharias taurus, thus, regarded as a doubtfu

Main reference

Compagno, L.J.V. 1984. (Ref. 247)
References | Biblio | Coordinator : Compagno, Leonard J.V. | Collaborators

Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 370 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 247); common length : 280 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. )

Environment

Marine; demersal

Climate / Range

Tropical, preferred ?; 26°N - 9°N

Distribution

Indian Ocean: India and Pakistan. Possibly in Indonesia, Indochina, Australia, Philippines and northern China.
Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: subsistence fisheries

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.8125 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
4.3 ±0.5 se; Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Fec assumed to be <10)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
High to very high vulnerability (74 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Unknown

Carcharias tricuspidatus Day, 1878