Siargao Island - Local Fish

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Contents

Fish Listed on Local Public Market List

Other Local Fish Not on Market List

Comparative Prices - Fish vs Other Protein

Comment

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Local Fish - Siargao Island

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This shows the sheer abundance and variety of exotic and very edible fish in a tropical lagoon and adjacent open ocean even now, when, as is every other fishing ground worldwide, it is heavily over-fished. But it is not intended to be a detailed fish-watcher's list.

This is a draft (as at 08 May, 2006 ); the list will be expanded, and holes will be plugged, as more information becomes available. It's more than likely that some local fish names are identified wrongly (and some not at all yet) but this is not the point of the exercise.

If the dead fish looks very different than the live fish, then the identification is still wrong. If the dead fish looks very dead indeed, but similar to the live one, then it just shows how tropical fish lose their brilliance and their colour when they die.

Because the page has changed almost daily, with additions, etc, there is no particular order, except that fishes price-controlled at the local market come first.

Because local fish are caught fresh, and hand-carried straight home, or to the local public market, local fish prices are considerably lower than they are in the cities of the Philippines, and much lower than any other protein sources - see Comparative Prices - Fish vs Other Protein.

Fishing Zone

1-Mangrove

2-Seagrass bed

3-Back reef

4-Upper fringing reef

5-Deep fringing reef

6-Pelagic - open sea

Surigaonon Name	Class Price	*Species Name*	Fishbase Photo	Local Photo
Adlo		Black Skipjack Euthynnus linea
Agwas		Mullet spp *Liza vaigiensis*
Aha-An	2nd P60	Blubberlip snapper *Lutjanus rivulatus*		1,2,4,5,6,7
Aha-An	2nd P60	Midnight snapper *Macolor macularis*		1,2,4,5,6,7
Andohaw	2nd P60
Baghak	1st P70	White-edged lyretail Variola albimarginata		1,2,4,6,7
Bakay	3rd P50	Threadfin Bream *Nemipterus sp.*
Bangkawon (Small)	3rd P50
Batagon (Big)	3rd P50	?
Bayo (Small)	3rd P50	Banded needlefish *Strongylura leiura*		1,3,4,5,6,7
Bangsi	4th P45	Flying Fish *Cypselurus sp.*
Bayo	4th P45	Reef needlefish *Strongylura incisa*
Bokawan	4th P45	Lattice soldierfish *Myripristis violacea*		4,6
Baga-Baga
Bolinaw	4th P45	Anchovies *Stolephorus spp*
Buntog	4th P45	Marbled Parrotfish Leptoscarus vaigiensis		1,4,6,7
Boroson (Small)	4th P45	?
Dagpok	4th P45	?
Adlo	2nd P60	Oxeye Scad *Selar boops*		6
Botete (Big)	2nd P60	Starry Toadfish (Pufferfish) Arothron stellatus R. kanagurta *per RoS*
Boras (Big)	2nd P60	Golden Lined Spinefoot *Siganus lineatus*		1,3,4,5,6,7
Bayo (big)	2nd P60	Blackspot Long Tom Tylosurus strongylurus
Bodloy or Caraballas	2nd P60	King Mackerel *Scomberomorus cavalla*		1,3,4,5,6,7
Bodloy		Decapturus kurroides
Caraballas	2nd P60	Streaked Seerfish Scomberomorus lineolatus		1,3,4,5,6,7
Boroson (Big)	2nd P60	Great barracuda *Sphyraena barracuda*		1,3,4,5,6,7
Danggit (big)	2nd P60	Little Spinefoot *Siganus spinus*
Dalilan (Small)	4th P45	Flatfish *Crossorhombus sp.*	Big gangis
Danggit (Small)	4th P45	White-spotted spinefoot *Siganus canaliculatus*
Dayapugan	4th P45	Orbicular batfish *Platax orbicularis*		1,4,6,7
Dayapugan	4th P45	Six-Banded Angelfish Pomacanthus sexstriatus
Dayapugan	4th P45	Tiera batfish *Platax teira*		1,4,6,7
Dayapugan	4th P45	Ninespine batfish Zabidius novemaculeatus
Amampang	4th P45	Spadefish *Ephippus oporbis*
Domod-Ot	4th P45	Silver-stripe round herring *Spratelloides sp.*		6
Bolis	3rd P50	Skipjack tuna *Katsuwonus pelamis*		1,3,4,5,6,7 Probably the most available fish in town - anybody's
Bahu-Bahu	4th P45	Frigate mackerel *Auxis thazard*
Bangkulisan	1st P70	?
Bangos	1st P70	Milkfish *Chamos chamos*		Brackish Fishponds
Bariles	1st P70	Yellowfin Tuna *Thunnus albacares*		1,3,4,5,6,7
Barileson 'Yellowfin'	1st P70	Bigeye Tuna Thunnus obesus		1,3,4,5,6,7
Danggit	1st P70	Vermiculated Spinefoot *Siganus vermiculatus*
Dugso	1st P70	Yellow grouper *Epinephalus awoara*		1,2,4,6,7
Gapas-Gapas (Big)	1st P70	Saw Jawed Monocle Bream Scolopsis ciliata		1,2,4,6,7
Katambak (Big)	1st P70	Spangled emperor *Lethrinus nebulosus*		1,4,5,6,7
Katambak (Big)	1st P70	Trumpet emperor *Lethrinus miniatus*		1,4,5,6,7
Mamsa (Big)	1st P70	Black Jack *Caranx lugubris*
Lumpian	1st P70	Painted Sweetlip *Plectorhynchus pictus*		1,2,4,5,6,7
Lambi-an	1st P70	Longfin Trevally		1,2,4,5,6,7
Maja-Maja	1st P70	Humpback red snapper *Lutjanus gibbus*		1,2,4,5,6,7
Malasugi Dugho	1st P70	Black marlin *Makaira indica*		1,3,4,5,6,7
Malasugi Dugho	1st P70	Indo-Pacific blue marlin *Makaira mazara*		1,3,4,5,6,7
Mamsa	1st P70	Giant trevally *Caranx ignobilis*		1,3,4,5,6,7
Langog	1st P70	*Carangoides chrysophrys*
Mamsud	1st P70	Longfin Cavalla *Carangoides armatus*		1,3,4,5,6,7
Mamulinay	1st P70	?
Manlawaan	1st P70	?
Nokos	1st P70	Squid Loligo spp
Nokos Cigarillos
Pamiligwison (big)	1st P70	Goldspotted Spinefoot Siganus punctatus
Pogapo Baghak	1st P70	Coral hind *C. miniata*		1,2,4,6,7
Tanguigue	1st P70	Narrow-Barred Spanish Mackerel *Scomberomorus commerson*		1,3,4,5,6,7
Timbongan (Big)	1st P70	Manybar goatfish ? Parupeneus multifasciatus		6
Timbongan (Big)		Doublebar goatfish Parupeneus trifasciatus
Ilahan (Big)	2nd P60	One Spot Snapper *Lutjanus monostigma*		1,3,4,5,6,7
Langog -Langog	2nd P60	Dusky Jack *Caranx sexfasciatus*		1,3,4,5,6,7
Liplipan	2nd P60	Sailfish *Istiophorus Sp*		1,3,4,5,6,7
Bangkawon (Big)	2nd P60	Marbled Spinefoot Siganus rivulatus
Oyong-Oyong	2nd P60	Threadfin Bream Nemipterus sp
Pak-An	2nd P60	Megalaspis cordyla
Pangtao	2nd P60	?
Salindato	2nd P60	Rainbow runner *Elagatis bipinnulata*		1,3,4,5,6,7
Sayabo	2nd P60	?
Tamboyang	2nd P60	?
Tya-Iwan (Big)	2nd P60	?
Doto	3rd P50	Spotfin Pufferfish *Diodon hystrix*
Ganghawan	3rd P50	?
Gangis (Big)	3rd P50	*Naso annulatus*
Halwantasik	3rd P50	?
Hawol-Hawol	3rd P50	Smoothbelly Sardinella *Ambyogaster leiogaster*		6
Hilok	3rd P50	?
Puya-Ilok	3rd P50	Orangespot surgeonfish Acanthurus olivaceus
Ilahan (Small)	3rd P50	Dory snapper *Lutjanus fulviflamma*		1,2,4,5,6,7
?	3rd P50	Lined Silver Grunt *Pomodasys hasta*		1,2,4,5,6,7
Katambak (Small)	3rd P50	Pink Ear Emperor Lethrinus lentjan
Lagatan (Big)	3rd P50	Purple-spotted Bigeye *Priacanthus tayenus*
Lahos	3rd P50	Dogfish spp Atelomycterus marmoratus
Lapis-Lapis	3rd P50	Yellow Queenfish *Scomberoides lysan* *Scomberoides tala*
??? (Big)	3rd P50	False Trevally *Lactarius lactarius* or Yellowtail Scad Atule mate