Local Names of Fishes in Iloilo

Compiled by
Melchor F. Cichon
February 4, 2008
Updated: May 2, 2008

Note: A certain fish may have two or three local names in the same place. There are different species which have the same local names. So each local name for a certain fish has a specific entry.

(To be updated)

Sample entry

Local Name: Alimosan
.English Name: Sea catfish
.Scientific Name: Arius sp.
.Family Name: Aridae


Alibangbang
:Sailfin tang
:Zebrasoma veliferum (Bloch 1795)
:Acanthuridae

Alimosan
:Sea catfish
:Arius sp..
:Ariidae

Ampasan
:Cleftbelly trevally
:Atropus atropos (Bloch & Schneider 1801)
:Carangidae

Badlon
:Golden trevally
:Gnathanodon speciosus (Forsskal 1775)

Bagudlong
:Yellowtail scad
:Atule mate (Cuvier 1833)
:Carangidae

Balu
:Spottail needlefish
:Strongylura strongylura (van Hasselt 1823)
:Belonidae

Bangkulisan
:Rainbow runner
:Elagatis bipinnulata (Quoy & Gaimard 1825)
:Carangidae

Banlisan
:Slender fusilier
:Gymnocaesio gymnoptera (Bleeker 1856)
:Caesionidae

Bansikul
:Rainbow runner
:Elagatis bipinnulata (Quoy & Gaimard 1825)
:Carangidae

Baraw-baraw
:Redbelly yellowtail fusilier
:Caesio cuning (Bloch 1791)
:Caesionidae

Basa-basa
:Herring scad
:Alepes vari (Cuvier & Valenciennes 1833)
:Carangidae

Bayang
:Sailfin tang
:Zebrasoma veliferum (Bloch 1795)
:Acanthuridae

Bilong-bilong
:Moonfish
:Mene maculata (Bloch & Schneider 1801)
:Menidae

Buhokan
:African pompano
:Alectis ciliaris (Bloch 1787)
:Carangidae

Bukaw-bukaw
:Silver bigeye
:Priacanthus blochii
:Priacanthidae

Bukaw-bukaw
:Moontail bullseye
:Priacanthus hamrur (Forsskal 1775)
:Priacanthidae

Bukaw-bukaw
:Red bigeye
:Priacanthus macracanthus (Cuvier 1829)
:Priacanthidae

Bukaw-bukaw
:Purple-spotted bigeye
:Priacanthus tayenus (Richardson 1846)
:Priacanthidae

Buhokan
:Indian threadfish.
:Alectis indicus (Ruppell 1828)
:Carangidae

Bukan
:African pompano
:Alectis ciliaris (Bloch 1787)
:Carangidae

Bukan
:Indian threadfish
:Alectis indicus (Ruppell 1828)
:Carangidae

Dagubdub
:Hardyhead silverside
:Atherinomorus lacunosus (Forster 1801)
:Atheinidae

Dagubdub
:Samoan silverside
:Hypoatherina temminckii (Bleeker 1853)
:Atherinidae

Dagubdub
:Tropical silverside
:Atherinomorus duodecimalis (Valenciennes 1835)
:Atherinidae

Gamia
:Sphinx goby
:Amblygobius sphynx (Valenciennes 1837)
:Gobiidae

Guno
:Tropical silverside
:Atherinomorus duodeimalis (Valenciennes 1835)
:Atherinidae

Guno
:Hardyhead silverside
:Atherinomorus lacunosus (Forster 1801)
:Atherinidae

Guno
:Samoan silverside
:Hypoatherina temminckii (Bleeker 1853)
:Atherinidae

Indong
:Indonesian shortfin eel
:Anguilla bicolor bicolor (McClelland 1844)
:Anguillidae

Ingatan
:Bigeye trevally
:Caranx sexfascciatus (Quoy & Gaimard 1825)

Inggatan
:Shrimp scad
:Alepes djedaba (Forsskal 1775)
:Carangidae

Kabangko
:Sea catfish
:Arius sp.
:Ariidae

Kirikiti
:Veined catfish
:Arius venosus (Valenciennes 1840)
:Ariidae

Kubal-kubal
:scads
:Megalaspis sp.
:Carangidae

Languso
:Rainbow runner
:Elagatis bipinnulata (Quoy & Gaimard 1825)
:Carangidae

Latab
:Deep-bodied mojarra
:Gerres abbreviatus (Bleeker 1850)
:Gerreidae

Latab
:Whipfin silver-biddy
:Gerres filamentosus (Cuvier 1829)
:Gerreidae

Latab
:Slender silver-biddy
:Gerres oblongus (Cuvier 1830)
:Gerreidae

Latab
:Common silver biddy
:Gerres oyena (Forsskal 1775)
:Gerreidae

Latab
:Strongspine silver-biddy
:Gerres poieti (Cuvier 1829)
:Gerreidae

Latab
:Longfin mojarra
:Pentaprion longimanus (Cantor 1850)
:Gerreidae

Lawihan
:Indian scad
:Decapterus russelli (Ruppell 1830)
:Carangidae

Layan
:Shrimp scad
:Alepes djedaba (Forsskal 1775)
:Carangidae

Lison
:Blue trevally
:carangoides ferdau (Forsskal 1775)
:Carangidae

Lison
:Coachwhip trevally
:Carangoides oblongus (Ccuvier 1833)
:Carangidae

Lison
:Longfin trevally
:Carangoides armatus (Ruppell 1830)
:Carangidae

Lison
:Tille trevally
:Caranx tille (Cuvier 1833)
:Carangidae

Lison
:Whitefin trevally
:Carangoides equula (Temminck & Schlegel 1844)
:Carangidae

Lubay-lubay
:Fourspot wrasse
:Halichoeres centriquadrus (Laceped 1802)
:Labridae


Malasugui
:Indo-Pacific sailfish
:Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw & Nodder)
:Istiophoridae

Manilaw-non
:Pilotfish
:Naucrates ductor (Linnaeus 1758)
:Carangidae

Maning
:Longfin trevally
:Carangoides armatus (Ruppell 1830)
:Carangidae

Manlad
:Blue-lined surgeonfish
:Acanhurus mata (Cuvier 1829)
:Acanthuridae

Manlad
:Eyestripe surgeon
:Acanthurus dussumieri (Valenciennes 1835)
:Acanthuridae

Manlad
:Blue-lined surgeonfish
:Acanthurus mata (Cuvier 1829)
:Acanthuridae

Manlad
:Striated surgeonfish
:Ctenochaetus striatus (Quoy & Gaimard 1825)
:Acanthuridae

Mansa
:Giant trevally
:Caranx ignobilis (Forsskal 1775)
:Carangidae

Manulsog
:Roundscads
:Decapterus sp.
:Carangidae

Manumbok
:Indo-Pacific sailfish
:Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw & Nodder)
:Istiophoridae

Marot
:Red tail scad
: Decapterus kurroides (Bleeker 1855)
: Carangidae

Marot
:Shortfin scad
:Decaptersu macrosoma (Bleeker 1851)
:Carangidae

Marot
:Indian scad
:Decapterus russelli (Ruppell 1830)
:Carangidae

Marot
:Rougher scad
: Decapterus tabl (Berry 1968)
: Carangidae

Moong
:Broadbanded cardinalfish
:Apogon fasciatus (White 1790)
:Apogonidae

Mul-mul
:Fourspot wrasse
:Halichoeres centriquadrus (Laceped 1802)
:Labridae

Mul-mul
:Moon wrasse
:Thalassoma lunare (Linnaeus 1758)
:Labridae


Nipa-nipa
:Indonesian shortfin eel
:Anguilla bicolor bicolor (McClelland 1844)
:Anguillidae

Pacul
:Bluespin unicornfish
:Naso unicornis (forsskal 1775)
:Acanthuridae

Pacul
:Masked triggerfish
:Sufflamen fraenatus (Latreille 1804)
:Balistidae

Pacul
:Starry triggerfish
:Abalistes stellaris (Bloch & Schneider 1801)
:Balistidae

Pagapa
:Tille trevally
:Caranx tille (Cuvier 1833)
:Carangidae

Pak-an
:Blackfin scad
:Alepes melanoptera (Swainson 1833)
:Carangidae

Pak-an
:Scads
:Megalaspis sp.
:Carangidae

Pak-an
:Torpedo scad
:Megalaspis cordyla (Linnaeus 1758)
:Carangidae

Pak-an
:Yellowtail scad
:Atule mate (Cuvier 1833)
:Carangidae

Palad
:Largescale flounder
:Engyprosopon grandisquama (Temminck & Schlegel 1846)
:Bothidae

Salaming
:Longfin trevally
:Carangoides armatus (Ruppell 1830)
:Carangidae

Salmon
:Banana fusilier
:Pterocaesio pisang (Bleeker 1853)
:Caesionidae

Salmon
:Blue and gold fusilier
:Caesio caerulaurea (Lacepede 1801)
:Caesionidae

Salmon
:Dark-banded fusilier
:Pterocaesio tile (Cuvier 1830)
:Caesionidae

Salmon
:Double-lined fusilier
:Pterocaesio digramma (Bleeker 1865)
:Caesionidae

Salmon
:Goldband fusilier
:Pterocaesaio chrysozona (Cuvier 1830)
:Caesionidae

Salmon
:Rainbow runner
:Elagatis bipinnulata (Quoy & Gaimard 1825)
:Carangidae

Samarira
:Flat needlefish
:Ablennes hians (Valenciennes 1846)
:Belonidae

Sirum-sirum
:Lowfin pomfret
:Brama dussumieri (cuvier 1831)
:Bramidae

Sulay bagyo
:Orangespine unicornfish
:Naso lituratus (Bloch & Schneider 1801)
:Acanthuridae

Sulig
:Lunar fusilier
:Caesio lunaris (Cuvier 1830)
:Caesionidae

Sulig
:Yellowback fusilier
:Caesio lunaris (Cuvier 1830)
:Caesionidae

Tabanco
:Catfishes
:Arius thalassinus (Ruppell 1837)
:Ariidae


Talang-talang
:Herring scad
:Alepes vari (Cuvier & Valenciennes 1833)
:Carangidae

Tambaliwan
:Banded needlefish
:Strongylura leiura (bleeker 1850)
:Belonidae

Tambaliwan
:Hound needlefish
:Tylusurus crocodilus (Peron & Lesuer 1821)
:Belonidae

Tambilawan
:Hound needlefish
:Tylusurus crocodilus (Peron & Lesuer 1821)
:Belonidae

Tambarira
:Flat needlefish
:Ablennes hians (Valenciennes 1846)
:Belonidae

Talang-Talang
:Herring scad
:Alepes vari (Cuvier & Valenciennes 1833)
:Carangidae

Tambarira
:Flat needlefish
:Ablennes hians (Valenciennes 1846)
:Belondae

Tamodios
:Japanese scad
:Decapterus muruadsi (Temminck & Schlegel 1844)
:Carangidae

Tamodios
:Mackerel scad
:Decapterus macarellus (Cuvier 1833)
:Carangidae

Tikos
:Starry triggerfish
:Abalistes stellaris (Bloch & Schneider 1801)
:Balistidae

Tulan-tulan
:Shrimp scad
:Alepes djedaba (Forsskal 1775)
:Carangidae

Ubod
:Japanese eel
:Anguilla japonica (Temminck & Schlegel 1847)
:Anguillidae

Untuhan
:Yellowcheck tuskfish
:Choerodon anchorago (Bloch 1791)
:Labridae

Uyakmo
:Spotted catfish
:Arius maculatus (Thunberg 1792)
:Ariidae