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The wildlife of the Philippines includes a significant number of endemic plant and animal species. The country's surrounding waters reportedly [1] have the highest level of marine biodiversity in the world. The Philippines is one of the seventeen megadiverse countries and is a global biodiversity hotspot. In 2013, 700 of the country's 52,177 ...
Freshwater fish of the Philippines (40 P) E. Endemic fish of the Philippines (3 P) Pages in category "Fish of the Philippines"
Herre, 1927. Pandaka pygmaea on a 2013 stamp sheet of the Philippines. The dwarf pygmy goby or Philippine goby[2] (Pandaka pygmaea) is a tropical species of fish in the subfamily Gobionellinae from brackish water and mangrove areas in Southeast Asia. [1][3] It is one of the smallest fish species in the world. Males reach maturity at a standard ...
The milkfish (Chanos chanos) is a widespread species of ray-finned fish found throughout the Indo-Pacific. It is the sole living species in the family Chanidae, and the only living member of the genus Chanos. [ 2 ][ 3 ][ 4 ] The repeating scientific name (tautonym) is from Greek khanos (χάνος ‘mouth’). [ 5 ][ 6 ] The species has many ...
The sinarapan or tabyos (Mistichthys luzonensis) is a species of fish in the goby subfamily, Gobionellinae, and the only member of the monotypic genus Mistichthys.It is endemic to the Philippines, where it occurs along the Bicol River and in Lakes Buhi, Bato, Lakelets Katugday and Manapao (both in Buhi) in Camarines Sur [2] and in Danao Lake in Polangui, Albay.
The fish is a widely popular food fish in the Philippines, and tons are shipped to most of the major cities in the country. Local supermarkets and wet markets usually have a tray or pile dedicated solely to the species. [citation needed] The species is commonly referred to as tawilis in the local language of Tagalog.
Arius manilensis Valenciennes, 1840. Pseudarius philippinus Sauvage, 1880. Arius manillensis is a species of marine catfish endemic to the island of Luzon, Philippines. It is commonly known as the sea catfish, Manila sea catfish or kanduli. It is fished commercially. [1][4]
Species: L. plumbeus. Binomial name. Leiopotherapon plumbeus. (Kner, 1864) Synonyms. Datnia plumbea Kner, 1864. Leiopotherapon plumbeus, known commonly as the silver perch, [1] is a species of fish in the family Terapontidae, the grunters. It is endemic to the Philippines, where it is called ayungin, bugaong, bigaong, and bagaong.