What is kitang fish in English?

Kitang (Spotted Scat; Scatophagus argus) This flatfish is a popular brackish water fish with a silver-bronze body with black spots. In Philippine dishes it is usually cooked with vinegar, the process is called paksiw in Tagalog.

What is Salmon called in the Philippines?

Threadfin Salmon (Eleutheronema tetradactylum) It is known locally (in the Tagalog regions) as Mamale or Mamali. These fish normally school in bays, and other muddy or sandy bottom coastal waters.

What is the most popular fish in the Philippines?

Bangus. This is a Filipino classic, otherwise known as Milk Fish in English; Bangus is the national fish of the Philippines. It’s popularly sold without any bones, making it high in demand for its easy access and preparation.

What is Bisugo fish in English?

In English, this fish has been called “Japanese threadfin bream” or simply nemipterid. Its scientific name is Nemipterus japonicus.

Why is it called Dalagang Bukid fish?

The Philippine Dalagang Bukid Fish is also known as the Yellow Tail Fusilier Fish. The translation for Dalagang Bukid means Mountain Maiden and the fish was named because of red underside of the fish resembles the dress of the filipinas dress they wore in the Mountains. This is a fairly common fish in the Philippines.

Is pompano a salmon?

Fontanilla from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Region 4A (BFAR), Philippines, discusses the value in the cultivation of Silver Pompano, a local salmon equivalent.

What is the most eaten fish in the Philippines?

Tilapia is the most consumed farmed fish in the country and accounts for at least 12 percent of the animal protein intake of Filipinos across all socio-economic brackets. But over the last decade, the average rate of tilapia production has decreased by 0.7 percent annually.

Is Galunggong a mackerel?

Round Scad or “Galunggong” as it is popularly known in the Philippines is caught off the waters of the South China Sea. Round Scad is an oily fish with an evident mackerel fish flavor.

What is scad fish in Tagalog?

Tagalog/Filipino: Galunggong English: Scad Fish.