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Table 2 Reported fish species and their local uses

From: “Wild fish are a blessing”: changes in fishing practices and folk fish cuisine around Laguna Lake, Northern Philippines

Scientific name (and family)

Wild or farmed

Local name

Local uses (n > 1)

Anabas testudineus B. (Anabantidae)

Wild

Tinikan/martiniko

Fried (2)

Arius dispar H. and A. manillensis V. (Ariidae)

Wild

Kanduli

Dried (6), fried (6), adobo, ginataan, pinaksiw (4), sinigang (3)

Barbonymus gonionotus B. (Cyprinidae)

Wild

Tawis

Fried (8)

Carassius auratus L. (Cyprinidae)

Wild

Karpita

Fried, grilled, adobo, ginataan

Chanos chanos F. (Chanidae)

Wild (farmed in other areas of the lake)

Bangus

Fried, grilled, pinaksiw (4), relyeno (2), sarsiyado, sinigang

Channa striata B. (Channidae)

Wild

Dalag

sinigang (4), fried (7), grilled (19), boiled (6), ginataan (2), tinola (19), afritada, sarsiyado

Chitala ornata G. (Notopteridae)

Wild

Knifefish

Fish ball (4), lumpia, animal feed, fish feed

Cichlasoma trimaculatum G. (Cichlidae)

Wild

Dugong, Duterte, Digong

Fried (2), sarsiyado

Clarias macrocephalus G. and C. batrachus L. (Clariidae)

Wild

Hito

Grilled (4), adobo (2), adobo-paksiw

Cyprinus carpio L. (Cyprinidae)

Wild

Karpa

sinigang (3), fried (14), grilled (2), pinaksiw (9), adobo (6), ginataan (11), afritada, escabetche (2), ginisa sa kamatis, sarsiyado (3), pochero

Elops hawaiensis R. (Elopidae)

Wild

Bidbid

Fried, pinaksiw

Giuris margaritacea V. (Eleotridae)

Wild

Palu-palo

ginataan, dried, okoy

Gobiopterus lacustris H. (Gobiidae)

Wild

Dulong

adobo, ginataan, okoy, fish omelet

Hypophthalmichthys nobilis R. (Cyprinidae)

Farmed

Bighead

sinigang (4), fried (12), grilled (15), pinaksiw (5), lumpia (2), sarsiyado, puchero

Labeo rohita H. (Cyprinidae)

Wild

Rohu

Fried, puchero

Leiopotherapon plumbeus K. (Terapontidae)

Wild

Ayungin

sinigang (7), grilled (2), pinaksiw (10), ginataan (6), dried (3)

Liza subviridis V. (Mugilidae)

Wild

Talilong

sinigang (3), fried (3), pinaksiw (4)

Ophisternon bengalense M. (Synbranchidae) and Anguilla marmorata Q. (Anguillidae)

Wild

Palos, Igat, Kiwit

Fried, adobo (3), ginataan (2)

Oreochromis aureus S. (Cichlidae)

Farmed

Tilapia

Bait (3), sinigang (24), fried (24), grilled (20), pinaksiw (6), boiled, adobo, ginataan (5), afritada, sarsiyado (2), dried (2), adobo-paksiw

Osphronemus goramy L. (Osphronemidae)

Wild

Gurami

Fried (7), grilled (2), pinaksiw (7), ginataan, sarsiyado, dried

Oxyeleotris marmorata B. (Eleotridae) and Glossogobius giuris H. (Gobiidae)

Wild

Biya

Fried (15), pinaksiw (6), ginataan (10), escabetche (2), ginisa sa kamatis, sarsiyado (4), sinuam (5), adobo-paksiw (2)

Oreochromis niloticus L. (Cichlidae)

Wild

Plapla

sinigang (7), fried (4), grilled (6), adobo, pinaksiw

Pterygoplichthys pardalis C. and P. disjunctivus W. (Loricariidae)

Wild

Janitor fish

Fertilizer (2)

Sarotherodon melanotheron R. (Cichlidae)

Wild

Arroyo

sinigang, fried (2), dried (2)

Tilapia zillii G. (Cichlidae)

Wild

Bruce lee

Dried (2), fried (4)

Zenarchopterus philippinus P. (Zenarchopteridae)

Wild

Kansusuwit

Dried

Macrobrachium spp. (Palaemonidae)**

Wild

Hipon

Fried (2), sinigang (5), ginataan (15), ginataan sa pinya (2), ginataan sa kamias, okoy

  1. Wild or farmed—according to interviewees