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Diagnostic Description

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Fresh specimens transparent, with large eyes showing the only color, black. Males smaller than females, shorter and more slender. Head naked; body covered with deciduous scales. Scales in longitudinal series 23-24; in transverse series 6. Sides and back of head with few dark or black spots.
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Life Cycle

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Males sometimes mature below 1 cm; females a little over 1.1 cm. The eggs are pelagic. Upon hatching, the young swims at the surface for a short while, then settles at the bottom.
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Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 4; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6 - 8; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 8 - 10
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Trophic Strategy

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Occurs from the shoreline to depths of at least 12 m. Caught with collapsible Y-shaped push-nets (sakag); also aggregated using a device (abung) wherein the fish comes to rest upon palm leaves and are then harvested using triangular nets (sarap).
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Biology

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Adults occur from the shoreline to depths of at least 12 m. Caught with collapsible Y-shaped push-nets (sakag); also aggregated using a device (abung) wherein the fish comes to rest upon palm leaves and are then harvested using triangular nets (sarap). Sinarapan is a delicacy and of great economic importance to the communities around the lakes. Listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as 'smallest food fish' (Ref. 6472).
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Importance

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fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial
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Sinarapan

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The sinarapan or tabyos (Mistichthys luzonensis) is a species of fish in the goby subfamily, Gobionellinae, and the only member of the monotypic genus Mistichthys. It is endemic to the Philippines, where it occurs along the Bicol River and in Lakes Buhi, Bato, Lakelets Katugday and Manapao (both in Buhi) in Camarines Sur[2] and in Danao Lake in Polangui, Albay.

The fish grows up to 2.5 centimeters long. It is transparent with a few dark spots and black eyes.[2]

This freshwater fish lives in lakes from the shoreline to 12 meters in depth.[2]

Tabyos is considered a delicacy, and it is of economic importance locally. It has been listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the "smallest commercially-harvested food fish". It is harvested with nets and palm leaves.[2] It tends to school, making it easier to catch. It has been taken in large numbers since the 1940s, when it first became popular as food. It is fried or boiled and served with vegetables.[3]

By the 1990s it had become clear that the sinarapan was overfished and was nearing extinction. It was also negatively affected by introduced species of fish in its native lakes, particularly the Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). Conservation actions taken include the transfer of thousands of sinarapan to safer lakes where they might reproduce effectively. The transport of the fish was difficult because it is very delicate, and well over half of each load died during the process. By 2001 there was evidence of successful reproduction in the new habitat.[3]

References

  1. ^ Soliman, V.S., Torres, A.G., Kesner-Reyes, K., Leander, N.J.S., Gonzalez, J.C.T., Andayog, A.S., Ballad, E.L., Ame, E.C., Palla, H.P., Guino-o, R.S. II, Gaerlan, R.S.P., Angeles, I.J.P., Reyes, A.T., Cecilio, M.A.F., Garcia, M.P.C. & Mamalangkap, M.D. (2021). "Mistichthys luzonensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T13586A117405712.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b c d Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Mistichthys luzonensis" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
  3. ^ a b Baroña, L.J. (2014-08-09). "Sinarapan swims home". Archived from the original on 2014-08-09. Retrieved 2020-04-04. BAR Research and Development Digest 5(2), April–June 2003.

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Sinarapan: Brief Summary

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The sinarapan or tabyos (Mistichthys luzonensis) is a species of fish in the goby subfamily, Gobionellinae, and the only member of the monotypic genus Mistichthys. It is endemic to the Philippines, where it occurs along the Bicol River and in Lakes Buhi, Bato, Lakelets Katugday and Manapao (both in Buhi) in Camarines Sur and in Danao Lake in Polangui, Albay.

The fish grows up to 2.5 centimeters long. It is transparent with a few dark spots and black eyes.

This freshwater fish lives in lakes from the shoreline to 12 meters in depth.

Tabyos is considered a delicacy, and it is of economic importance locally. It has been listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the "smallest commercially-harvested food fish". It is harvested with nets and palm leaves. It tends to school, making it easier to catch. It has been taken in large numbers since the 1940s, when it first became popular as food. It is fried or boiled and served with vegetables.

By the 1990s it had become clear that the sinarapan was overfished and was nearing extinction. It was also negatively affected by introduced species of fish in its native lakes, particularly the Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). Conservation actions taken include the transfer of thousands of sinarapan to safer lakes where they might reproduce effectively. The transport of the fish was difficult because it is very delicate, and well over half of each load died during the process. By 2001 there was evidence of successful reproduction in the new habitat.

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