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May 24, 2020 · Often called the world’s smallest commercial fish, M. luzonensis is endemic to the Philippines, and is found (in sadly dwindling numbers) in the bodies of water around Lake Buhi in Camarines Sur. The species is known to grow up to 0.98 in (25 mm) in length, about twice the size of P. pygmaea.
Reputedly the smallest fish in the world, sinarapan measure half a centimeter and are found in Lake Buhi, Camarines Sur, in large thick schools.
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 ...
May 28, 2017 · BUHI, CAMARINES SUR—The world’s smallest edible fish, locally called “sinarapan,” is slowly disappearing due to overfishing in Lake Buhi in Camarines Sur province, and the absence of a systematic and scientific way of protecting and propagating the species.
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).
Feb 9, 2024 · To strengthen conservation and avoid the loss of Sinarapan, the world’s smallest edible fish, the National Fisheries Research and Development Institute is implementing a research project in Lake Buhi in Camarines Sur, where the fish can only be harvested.
Jan 11, 2011 · The sinarapan (Mistichthys luzonensis) is the world's smallest commercially-harvested fish located only in the Philippines. They are endemic to the Bicol Region, specifically in Lake Buhi, Lake Bato, Bicol River and other bodies of water in Camarines Sur province, east side of the Philippines.
