| Agoot - grunt |
| Alakaak Tuel, balat, dulama - Croaker |
| Alumahan
Tuna, tambacol, tanigi, tanigigi - Long-jawed Mackerel |
| Alumahang bato - chub mackerel (e.g.
Scomber japonicus) |
| Apahap
Katuyot, matang-pusa, mangagat - Sea bass; bulgan (Negros); Barramundi
(Australia) |
| Asohos - sillago or whiting (e.g. Sillago
sihama) |
| Ataba - archerfish |
| Ayungin - silver perch, silver theraponid
(Leiopotherapon plumbeus) |
| Babansi or bagaong - terapon (e.g.
Terapon jarbua) |
| Bakoko - Sea bream, reddish variety or
sweet lips; related to snapper, with a smaller mouth; passed off as grouper
(lapu-lapu) |
| Balo - needlefish |
| Balyena - whale |
| Banak or asubi or talilong - mullet |
| Bangus - milkfish (Chanos chanos) |
| Betilya - Emperor, white snapper; passed
off as maya-maya |
| Bidbid - Hawaiian ladyfish (Elops
hawaiensis) |
| Biloan - lattice monocle bream (Scolopsis
taeniopterus) [?] |
| Bisugo - threadfin bream (e.g. Nemipterus
japonicus), jobfish, goatfish |
| Bitilya - emperor (e.g. Lethrinus
lentjan) |
| Biya - goby (generally, some exceptions) |
| Blue marlin or Royal blue marlin -
Swordfish (billfish) |
| Bolador - flying fish (e.g. Cypselurus
opisthopus) |
| Buan-buan - Indo-Pacific tarpon (Megalops
cyprinoides) |
| Burara - bigeye snapper (Lutjanus
lutjanus) [?] |
| Butanding - whale shark (Rhincodon typus) |
| Chabeta or hiwas - moonfish (Mene
maculata) |
| Chabita Hiwas, Isabita, Bilong-bilong,
Tahas - Moonfish |
| Dagum-dagum Kabayo-kabayohan - Seahorse |
| Dalag - mudfish or striped snakehead
(Channa striata) |
| Dalagang bukid (Lapas, morong, boyoyod) - Yellow tail
fusilier |
| Dalag-dagat - cobia (Rachycentron
canadum) |
| Danggit - Rabbit fish with white dots |
| Dapa - flounder, sole (flatfish) |
| Dilat - red bigeye (Priacanthus
macracanthus) |
| Dilis
(Bulinau, silag, bombra, sibuyan) - Anchovy |
| Dorado - dolphinfish or mahi-mahi
(Coryphaena hippurus), queenfish |
| Duhol - Sea snake |
| Dulong - lacustrine goby (Gobiopterus
lacustris) |
| Espada - beltfish or largehead hairtail
(Trichiurus lepturus) |
| Galunggong - mackerel scad (Decapterus
macarellus), Indian scad or Russell's mackerel scad (Decapterus russelli),
scad (various - usually scads with longer narrower bodies) |
| Gindara
- Oil fish (escolar); two types: smooth-skinned and rough-skinned, the
latter with a higher oil content; for both, servings of more than 6 oz or 150
g may cause bothersome loose oily stools, for which it has been referred to
as "xenical' fish. A good "colon-cleansing" fish, but a
traveler's nightmare, a fish to avoid if travel is contemplated in a day or
two. |
| Gulyasan - skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus
pelamis) |
| Haol-haol Bilis, Tamban-tuloy - Sardines |
| Hasa-hasa or kabalyas or kabayas - short
mackerel (Rastrelliger brachysoma) |
| Hito - catfish (black, e.g. Clarias
batrachus) |
| Igat or palos - eel |
| Isdang lawin - Flying fish |
| Isu - mangrove red snapper (Lutjanus
argentimaculatus) |
| Japayuki - Mackerel |
| Kabasi - gizzard shad (e.g. Nematalosa
nasus, Anodontostoma chacunda) |
| Kalaso - lizardfish |
| Kanduli - catfish (silver, e.g. Arius
manillensis) |
| Kansusuit - garfish |
| Kitang - spotted scat (Scatophagus argus) |
| Labahita
(Mangadlit, isdang ilong, pulang ikog) - Surgeon fish or unicorn fish |
| Lao-lao or lawlaw - deepbody sardinella
(Sardinella brachysoma) |
| Lapu-lapu Bato-bato Kulapo, Kakab -
Grouper |
| Liwalo or Martiniko - climbing perch
(Anabas testudineus) |
| Lohoran - crimson snapper (Lutjanus
erythropterus) [?] |
| Loro - Parrot fish, brightly colored with
beak-shaped mouth |
| Ludong
- lobed river mullet (Cestraeus plicatilis) |
| Malaga - vermiculated spinefoot (Siganus
vermiculatus) |
| Malakapas - mojarra, silver-biddy |
| Malasugui - Black or white marlin |
| Mamali - fourfinger threadfin
(Eleutheronema tetradactylum) |
| Maming - Wrasse |
| Matangbaka - oxeye scad (Selar boops),
bigeye scad (Selar crumenophthalmus) |
| Matang-dagat - Tilefish |
| Matumbok - Sailfish |
| Maya-maya or bambangin or pargo - snapper
(e.g. Lutjanus malabaricus) |
| Pagi - Manta orsting ray |
| Palos - Eel |
| Pampano
Apahan, damis lawin, pulang buntot - Pomfret, silver or black |
| Paru-parong dagat - butterflyfish |
| Pating - shark |
| Pla-pla - Tilapia bigger than 1 kg |
| Sagisi or tikwi - deepwater red snapper
(Etelis carbunculus), deepwater longtail red snapper (Etelis coruscans) |
| Salay batang or kalapato - yellowtail
scad (Atule mate) |
| Salay ginto - Yellowstripe scad |
| Salay-salay - yellowstripe scad
(Selaroides leptolepis), herring scad (Alepes vari), scad (various - usually
rounder wider scads with yellow marking) |
| Salay-salay Pampano, Apahay, Tarakitok -
Smooth-tailed trevally |
| Samaral - goldlined spinefoot (Siganus
guttatus) |
| Sapsap - ponyfish or slipmouth |
| Silinyasi or tunsoy - fringescale
sardinella (Sardinella fimbriata) |
| Sinarapan - Mistichthys Luzonensi,
world's smallest edible fish |
| Taksay - toothpony (Gazza minuta) |
| Talakitok or maliputo - trevally or jack
or cavalla (e.g. Caranx ignobilis) |
| Talimusak - maned goby (Oxyurichthys
microlepis) |
| Tambakol
Tulingan, barilis, talingay - Skipjack tuna |
| Tamban - sardine |
| Tanigue or tangigue - Narrow-barred
Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson), Indo-Pacific king mackerel
(Scomberomorus guttatus), wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri) |
| Tawilis - freshwater sardinella
(Sardinella tawilis) |
| Tilapia or pla pla - tilapia (e.g.
Oreochromis niloticus) |
| Torsilyo - barracuda |
| Tulingan - kawakawa or mackerel tuna
(Euthynnus affinis), bullet tuna (Auxis rochei), frigate tuna (Auxis thazard) |
| Twakang - Commerson's anchovy
(Stolephorus commersonnii), Indian anchovy (Stolephorus indicus) |
