Scientific Name and Common Names
Mistichthys luzonensis
"Sinarapan" / "Tabyos" (smallest commercial fish in the world) ENDEMIC (Lake Buhi)
Pteria penguin
"mabe" pearl oyster; It is the fastest growing pearl oyster species (also called as "wasay-wasay") that can be used for pearl aquaculture and it produces PINK pearls.
Total # of protected areas under NIPAS Act
234
Reported species of groupers in the Philippines
26
Total # of MPAs in the Philippines
439
Total # of RAMSAR sites in the Philippines
8
Eudrilus euginae
African Nightcrawler / Red Worm (special interest to the vermiculturist)
Cherax quadricarinatus
An introduced crayfish from Australia being mass cultured presently in Iloilo, Philippines
Lates calcarifer
Asian Seabass "apahap" / "bulgan" / "Barramundi"
Monopterus albus
Asian swamp eel /Rice Paddy Eel "kiwet" (breathing organ: mouth)
Thunnus thynnus
Atlantic bluefin tuna (largest tuna in the world)
Hatirin
Bangus fingerling
Hippocampus barbouri
Barbour's seahorse
Aristichthys nobilis
Bighead carp "maya-maya"
Hermetia illucens
Black Soldier Fly can be used as live food or cooked feed ingredient for fish, poultry, or livestock
Sarotherodon melanotheron
Blackchin Tilapia "molmol"/ "tilapyang gloria"
Mytilus edulis
Blue Mussel
Epinephelus fuscoguttatus
Brown-marbled grouper / Tiger grouper
2 regions not farming seaweed
CAR and NCR
Mytella charruana
Charru Mussel "Bahong" started to infest in Manila Bay in 2014
Mytella charruana
Charru mussel
Pelodiscus sinensis
Chinese softshell turtle INVASIVE
Chitala ornata
Clown Knifefish "arowana" (breathing organ: swimbladder)
Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni
Colossal Squid (largest squid in the world; up to 14 m and 500 kg)
Pangasius hypopthalmus
Cream Dory (breathing organ: swimbladder)
Anguilla spp.
Freshwater eel "kasili" / "igat"
Macrobrachium rosenbergii
Freshwater prawn "ulang" / "pahi" PL for stocking
Crossaster papposus
Giant Pacific Sunstar (largest Sea Star in the World)
Caranx ignobilis
Giant trevalley "maliputo" - Taal Lake "talakitok" - Malayan Bay INDIGENOUS
Osphronemus gouramy
Gourami (breathing organ = labyrinth organ)
Ctenopharyngodon idella
Grass Carp
Perna viridis
Green-lipped / Asian Green Mussel
Mugil cephalus
Grey mullet catadromous "porong" / "banak"
Cromileptes altivelis
Humpback grouper
Waswas
Lighting device, lamp or torch of the lower half of a tin can each contains a wick made of Jute sack or old clothes immersed in lubricating or fuel oil. This device is tied to he end of a light pole and moved like a pendulum to scarce or drive fish towards the pantukos.
Syclla serrata
Mangrove crab "alimango"
Lutjanus argentimaculatus
Mangrove snapper "maya-maya" / "mangagat" / "managat" / "gingaw"
Arius manillensis
Manila sea catfish "kanduli" ENDEMIC (Luzon)
Azolla pinnata
Mosquito Fern / Azolla
Gambusia affinis
Mosquito Fish "milyon" / "kataba"
Tosanoides aphrodite
New species of neon-colored fish discovered off Brazil last June 2017 named after the Goddess of Beauty
Mola mola
Ocean Sunfish (heaviest bony fish in the world)
Syclla olivacea
Orange Mudcrab "pulang alimango"
Siganus guttatus
Orange spotted spinefoot
Epinephelus coioides
Orange-spotted grouper / Green grouper
Pholas orientalis
Oriental Angel Wings "Diwal" (protandric hermaphrodite)
Tabios
Pandaka pygmaea Philippine goby (smallest fish in the Philippines)
Modiolus philippinarum
Philippine Horse Mussel
Cestraeus plicatilis
President's Fish "Ludong" / "Banak" ENDEMIC (Cagayan Valley)
Syclla tranquebarica
Purple Mudcrab "lawodnon"
Piaractus brachypomus
Red Pacu exotic in the Philippines mainly for aquarium purposes but can also be eaten
Trachinotus blochi
Snubnose pompano
Idiosepius notoides
Southern pygmy squid (smallest squid in the world)
First municipal marine sanctuary in the Philippines (1974)
Sumilon Island Marine Sanctuary
Mesopristes cancellatus
Tapiroid grunter Pigek / Bulidao / Batingting
Siliniasi
The fry or young of species of fish belonging to the family Clupeidae (sardines and herring). They are also known locally as lupoy and manansi.
Hippocampus comes
Tigertail seahorse
Siganus vermiculatus
Vermiculated spinefoot
Salvinia molesta
Water Fern (invasive)
Eichhornia crassipes
Water Hyacinth (invasive)
Pistia stratiotes
Water Lettuce / Duck Weed (invasive)
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
Weather Loach / Dojo (breathing organ: intestine)
Siganus canaliculatus
White spotted rabbitfish "danggit"
Modiolus metcalfei
Yellow banded horse mussel
Gracillariopsis balinae
algae that can filter excess nutrients in a recirculating water system with grouper & abalone & can sequester heavy metals like cadmium, lead & zinc from the water
Kawag kawag
bangus fry
Pinctada margaritifera
black-lipped pearl oyster; A saltwater pearl oyster species also called as "tipay bato" that can be used for pearl aquaculture in the Philippines. It produces BLACK pearl
Modiolus metcalfei
brown mussel
Acanthaster planci
crown of thorns starfish (voraciously feeds on coral polyps and can grow up to 45 cm across; 12-19 arms; more than 30 COT = outbreak)
Haliotis asinina
donkey's ear abalone sobra-sobra / lapas / kiel / kapinan
Paedocypris progenetica
dwarf minnow
Sardinella tawilis
freshwater sardine "tawilis" ENDEMIC (Taal Lake)
Padas
fry stage of siganid
Tridacna gigas
giant clam "taklobo" (largest bivalve mollusc in the world)
Ipon
gobies
Tiguiti
immature kanduli
Tieines
juvenile grouper
Suno
local name for leopard coral grouper, Plectropomus leopardus
Anadontia edentula
mangrove clam "imbao"
Langaw-langaw / Kuto-kuto / Alien
mangrove crablets early juvenile stage of mangrove crabs with carapace width (CW) less than 5 cm
Puerulus
post-larval stage of spiny lobster; short-lived and lasting for 2-3 weeks; collected by coastal fishers and used in grow-out aquaculture
Therapon plumbeus
silver perch "ayungin" INDIGENOUS (Laguna de Bay)
Pinctada maxima
silver-lipped pearl oyster; A saltwater pearl oyster species also called as "tipay" that can be used for pearl aquaculture in the Philippines. It produces the famous and expensive South sea pearl
Crassostrea iredalei
slipper oyster "talabang tsinelas"
Lutrogale perspicillata
smooth coated otter (2nd otter species in PH spotted in Tawi-Tawi on May 2020)
Rhincodon typus
whale shark (largest fish in the world)
Aligasin
young mullet
