Philippine Fish Species - List of Common Fish in the Philippines

A list of Philippine fish names in English and Filipino (Tagalog), with some scientific names and fish pictures to help
identify particular Filipino fish species found in local fish markets:

 Agoot - grunt
 Alakaak - croaker
 Alumahan - long-jawed mackerel / Indian mackerel (Rastrelliger kanagurta) 
 Alumahang bato - chub mackerel (e.g. Scomber japonicus)
 Apahap - barramundi, seaperch
 Asohos - sillago / whiting (e.g. Sillago sihama)
 Ayungin - silver perch / silver theraponid (Leiopotherapon plumbeus)
 Babansi / bagaong - terapon (e.g. Terapon jarbua)
 Bakoko - grunt (e.g. Pomadasys argenteus), seabream, sweet lips 
 Banak / asubi / talilong - mullet
 Bangus - milkfish (Chanos chanos)
 Bidbid - Hawaiian ladyfish (Elops hawaiensis)
 Biloan - lattice monocle bream (Scolopsis taeniopterus) [?]
 Bisugo - threadfin bream (e.g. Nemipterus japonicus), jobfish, goatfish
 Bitilya - emperor (e.g. Lethrinus lentjan)
 Biya - goby (generally, some exceptions)
 Buan-buan - Indo-Pacific tarpon (Megalops cyprinoides)
 Burara - bigeye snapper (Lutjanus lutjanus) [?]
 Chabeta / hiwas - moonfish (Mene maculata)
 Dalag - mudfish / striped snakehead (Channa striata) 
 Dalag-dagat - cobia (Rachycentron canadum)
 Dalagang bukid - fusilier 
 Danggit - rabbitfish
 Dapa - flounder, sole (flatfish)
 Dilat - red bigeye (Priacanthus macracanthus)
 Dilis – anchovy
 Twakang - Commerson's anchovy (Stolephorus commersonnii), Indian anchovy (Stolephorus indicus)
 Dorado - dolphinfish / mahi-mahi (Coryphaena hippurus), queenfish
 Dulong - lacustrine goby (Gobiopterus lacustris)
 Espada - beltfish / largehead hairtail (Trichiurus lepturus)
 Galunggong - mackerel scad (Decapterus macarellus), Indian scad / Russell's mackerel scad (Decapterus
russelli), scad (various - usually scads with longer narrower bodies)
 Gulyasan - skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis)
 Hasa-hasa / kabalyas / kabayas - short mackerel (Rastrelliger brachysoma)
 Hito - catfish (black, e.g. Clarias batrachus)
 Igat / palos - eel
 Isu - mangrove red snapper (Lutjanus argentimaculatus)
 Kabasi - gizzard shad (e.g. Nematalosa nasus, Anodontostoma chacunda)
 Kalaso - lizardfish
 Kanduli - catfish (silver, e.g. Arius manillensis)
 Kitang - spotted scat (Scatophagus argus)
 Labahita - surgeonfish, unicornfish 
 Lao-lao / lawlaw - deepbody sardinella (Sardinella brachysoma)
 Lapu-lapu - grouper (e.g. Epinephelus coioides)
 Lohoran - crimson snapper (Lutjanus erythropterus) [?]
 Loro - parrotfish
 Ludong  - lobed river mullet (Cestraeus plicatilis) 
 Malaga - vermiculated spinefoot (Siganus vermiculatus)
 Malakapas - mojarra, silver-biddy
 Malasugi - blue marlin, swordfish
 Mamali - fourfinger threadfin (Eleutheronema tetradactylum)
 Liwalo / Martiniko - climbing perch (Anabas testudineus)
 Matangbaka - oxeye scad (Selar boops), bigeye scad (Selar crumenophthalmus)
 Maya-maya / bambangin / pargo - snapper (e.g. Lutjanus malabaricus)
 Pampano - pomfret and pompano (e.g. Parastromateus niger)
 Sagisi / tikwi - deepwater red snapper (Etelis carbunculus), deepwater longtail red snapper (Etelis coruscans)
 Samaral - goldlined spinefoot (Siganus guttatus)
 Salay-salay - yellowstripe scad (Selaroides leptolepis), herring scad (Alepes vari), scad (various - usually
rounder wider scads with yellow marking)
o Salay-salay aso / salingga - shrimp scad (Alepes djedaba)
o Salay batang / kalapato - yellowtail scad (Atule mate)
 Sapsap - ponyfish / slipmouth
 Silinyasi / tunsoy - fringescale sardinella (Sardinella fimbriata)
 Sinarapan - Mistichthys luzonensis
 Taksay - toothpony (Gazza minuta)
 Talakitok / maliputo - trevally / jack / cavalla (e.g. Caranx ignobilis)
 Talimusak - maned goby (Oxyurichthys microlepis)
 Tambakol - yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares), bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus)
 Tamban - sardine
 Tanigue / tangigue - Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson), Indo-Pacific king
mackerel (Scomberomorus guttatus), wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri)
 Tawilis - freshwater sardinella (Sardinella tawilis)
 Tilapia / pla pla - tilapia (e.g. Oreochromis niloticus)
 Torsilyo - barracuda
 Tulingan - kawakawa / mackerel tuna (Euthynnus affinis), bullet tuna (Auxis rochei), frigate tuna (Auxis
thazard)

Other Fish:
 Ataba - archerfish 
 Balo - needlefish
 Bolador - flying fish (e.g. Cypselurus opisthopus)  
 Kansusuit - garfish  
 Maming - wrasse
 Paru-parong dagat - butterflyfish