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Reputedly the smallest fish in the world, sinarapan measure half a centimeter and are found in Lake Buhi, Camarines Sur, in large thick schools.
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.
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.
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).
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 ...
The world's smallest commercial fish is the now endangered sinarapan (Mistichthys luzonensis), a goby found only in Lake Buhi, Luzon, Philippines. Males are 10–13 mm (0.39–0.51 in) long, and a dried 454-g (1-lb) fish cake would contain about 70,000 of them.
