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Surigao City Fish
Market
 
Lapu-lapu, moymoy, latab - Grouper, parrotfish,
mojarra
Dalilanon, buras, lapu-lapu,
lupit
Large Parrotfish, spinefoot, grouper, silver
grunt
Pagi, Lapu-lapu, lambay,
Ray, Grouper, sand crab,
more groupers
Bahobaho Frigate mackerel
Langog Longfin
cavalla
 
Malapunti or bagobago Red snapper ?
Putput
Batfish?
Tabilidagat - Some kind of mullet ?
 Salmunete Small goatfish - If these things were
red, they'd be
barbounye in Greece, or Sultan Ibrahim in
Lebanon,
and
we'd have to pay a fortune for them, not just 60c a kilo
Barilis, Espada
(Dahuntabo) Yellowfin tuna,
Snakefish ?
Pogot,
dulit, lapis, gangis, buntog
Cleaning
tahong - green-lipped mussels
  
R to L: Tahong Green-lipped mussels,
Ganga (in bowl), Ganga (Lambis lambis) shell
  
Liswe - Angaria, sikad-sikad
(sa'ang) Strombus, tanduk-tanduk top shells
Note: The
measure for selling shellfish etc is nowadays a 1 ltr 'caltex' -
half an oil can. In villages the measure per portion is a 'glass' -
usually a small-sized Nescafe jar.
 
Hipon
Shrimp - at $2.40 a kilo these are
quite
expensive
Alimango
Mud crabs - someone is
also carrying a large katambak
 
Buyad Dried
fish
Dried fish - R to L anticlockwise: Bolinao (dilis),
katambak,
tambaw, heringero, moymoy, sapsap
Gulay -
Vegetables
Front - L - R Tangkong, kamote tops, pako
fern, petchay, sitaw
Next row: Okra, maragoso bitter
melon, talong aubergine,
cauliflower,
Top row:
Kuyobasa pumpkin sayote, repulyo (cabbage)
Dry goods
- double the shown peso prices to get equivalent in USą per
kilo.
Everything is repacked in individual mini-packs (spices, oil etc)
because no-one has money beyond tonight's supper.
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Richard Parker - Siargao Island - November 2004 (Last updated Monday, May 08, 2006)
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