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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]
Also called rough fish. See also coarse fish. Trawling – is fishing with a large bag-like net, called a trawl, which is drawn along behind a boat called a trawler. The net can be dragged along the sea bottom in order to target demersal fish, or pulled through clear water in order to target pelagic fish.
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).
Fishing is the way of life of most of coastal community. So, the marine fish fauna gives a greater commercial value to the country's economy, as well as well being of the coastal people. [2] Marine fish are strictly different from freshwater counterparts due to high salinity of sea water, which they live.
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]
Potamodromous – fish whose migrations occur wholly within fresh water; Oceanodromous – fish that live and migrate wholly in the sea [5] [10] Although these classifications originated for fish, they can apply, in principle, to any aquatic organism. List of diadromous orders and families, and the number of known species: [9] [11]