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Fish being laid out to dry at a market in Mariveles. From 1980 to 2010 capture fisheries were dominant, making up 82% of fish volume caught, of which 89% was marine and 11% freshwater, although aquaculture has since increased in prominence. [3]: 8 Municipal fisheries and aquaculture combined produced 73% of all catch from 2011 to 2020. [34]
The Philippine Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean east of the Philippine Archipelago (hence the name) and the largest sea in the world, occupying an estimated surface area of 5 million square kilometers (2 × 106 sq mi). [1] The Philippine Sea Plate forms the floor of the sea. [2] Its western border is the first island chain to ...
Smoked milkfish, sold in Juanda International Airport, Surabaya. The milkfish is an important seafood in Southeast Asia and some Pacific Islands. Because it is notorious for being much bonier than other food fish, deboned milkfish, called "boneless bangús " in the Philippines, has become popular in stores and markets.
The documented sizes of Philippine guitarfish specimens ranges between 556-720 mm for male adults and female adults exceeding 720 mm. [6] The observed characteristics of the guitarfish is the difference of morphological features, coloration, pelvic and caudal features [7]. The observation of the species is rather rare due to the lack of ...
The Anguillidae are a family of ray-finned fish that contains the freshwater eels.Except from the genus Neoanguilla, with the only known species Neoanguilla nepalensis from Nepal, [5] all the extant species and six subspecies in this family are in the genus Anguilla, and are elongated fish of snake-like bodies, with long dorsal, caudal and anal fins forming a continuous fringe.
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]
Tilapia (/ t ɪ ˈ l ɑː p i ə / tih-LAH-pee-ə) is the common name for nearly a hundred species of cichlid fish from the coelotilapine, coptodonine, heterotilapine, oreochromine, pelmatolapiine, and tilapiine tribes (formerly all were "Tilapiini"), with the economically most important species placed in the Coptodonini and Oreochromini. [2]
Endemic fish of the Philippines (3 P) Pages in category "Fish of the Philippines" The following 84 pages are in this category, out of 84 total.