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The lobed river mullet (Cestraeus plicatilis [2]), also known as ludong or banak, [3] is a freshwater mullet. While it is claimed to be endemic to Cagayan River and tributaries extending through the watersheds of Cagayan Valley and the Santa-Abra River Systems of Ilocos Sur and Abra in the Philippines, [4] verifiable and reliable sources have listed Celebes, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, and ...
Banak, a common name for the lobed river mullet from the Philippines Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Banak .
Fish with common names including the word "mullet" may be a member of one family or the other, or even unrelated such as the freshwater Catostomus commersonii. [8] However, recent taxonomic work has reorganised the family and the following genera make up the Mugilidae: [9] [2]
Other fish species used include threadfin breams (Nemipteridae, locally known as bisugo); grey mullets (Mugilidae, locally known as banak); and sardines (Sardinella spp. and Dussumieria acuta, locally known as tunsoy or tamban).
A fish market in Sylhet. Bangladesh is a country with thousands of rivers and ponds, and is notable as a fish-loving nation, acquiring the name machh-e bhat-e Bangali (which means, "Bengali by fish and rice"). [1] [2] [3] Ilish is the national fish of the country, and contributes 13% of country's total fish production. Fish are both caught from ...
The back of the fish is olive-green, sides are silvery and shade to white towards the belly. [2] The fish may have six to seven distinctive lateral horizontal stripes. Lips are thin. [2] The mullet has no lateral line. A common length is about 50 centimetres (20 in), and its maximum length is 100 centimetres (39 in). [2]
Bolinaw or bolinao is a common name for several species of very small fish in the Philippines, including: Anchovies, members of the family Engraulidae; Neostethus thessa, a small fish endemic to Lake Mainit, Mindanao
Many species are protogynous hermaphrodites, meaning they start out as females and change sex to male later in life. [3] They produce large quantities of eggs and their larvae are planktonic , generally at the mercy of ocean currents until they are ready to settle into adult populations.