FB-4898 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4898 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Gobiiformes Gobiidae Mistichthys Mistichthys luzonensis Smith, 1902 Sinarapan Tabios Sinarapan Luzoni kääbusmudil Luzonintokko Bia 吕宋神秘鰕虎鱼 呂宋神秘鰕虎魚 Gobiopterus luzonensis (Smith, 1902) 1992-01-28 2021-10-18 Herre, A.W.C.T.0 Check list of Philippine fishes. Res. Rep. U.S. Fish Wild. Serv. (20):1-977. (Ref. 280) Herre, A.W.C.T.0 The Philippine Bureau of Science monographic publications on fishes: gobies of the Philippines and China Sea. Monogr. Bur. Sci. Manila 23:1-352. (Ref. 439) Herre, A.W.C.T. and A.F. Umali0 English and local common names of Philippine fishes. U. S. Dept. of Interior and Fish and Wildl. Serv. Circular No. 14, U. S. Gov't Printing Office, Washington. 128 p. (Ref. 2857) Conlu, P.V.0 Guide to Philippine flora and fauna. Fishes. Volume IX. Natural Resources Management Center, Quezon City. 495 p. 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Fish. 2(1):1-60. (Ref. 110258) FB-GeneralDescr-4898 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-01-28 00:00:00 2021-10-18 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4898 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Diseases Adults occur from the shoreline to depths of at least 12 m. Caught with collapsible Y-shaped push-nets (sakag); also aggregated using a device (abung) wherein the fish comes to rest upon palm leaves and are then harvested using triangular nets (sarap). 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). Herre, A.W.C.T. 1953 Check list of Philippine fishes. Res. Rep. U.S. Fish Wild. Serv. (20):1-977. (Ref. 280) FB-DiagnosticDescr-4898 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1992-11-06 00:00:00 2013-01-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4898 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Fresh specimens transparent, with large eyes showing the only color, black. Males smaller than females, shorter and more slender. Head naked; body covered with deciduous scales. Scales in longitudinal series 23-24; in transverse series 6. Sides and back of head with few dark or black spots. Herre, A.W.C.T. 1927 The Philippine Bureau of Science monographic publications on fishes: gobies of the Philippines and China Sea. Monogr. Bur. Sci. Manila 23:1-352. (Ref. 439) FB-Morphology-4898 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1992-11-06 00:00:00 2013-01-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4898 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Dorsal spines (total): 4; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6 - 8; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 8 - 10 Herre, A.W.C.T. 1927 The Philippine Bureau of Science monographic publications on fishes: gobies of the Philippines and China Sea. Monogr. Bur. Sci. Manila 23:1-352. (Ref. 439) FB-Distribution-4898 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-01-28 00:00:00 2020-03-11 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4898 Asia: found only in the Philippines in Lakes Buhi, Bato, Katugday and Manapao in Camarines Sur Province and along the Bicol River system. Threatened due to overfishing and predation by introduced fish species. Soliman, V.S. 1989 Population dynamics of sinarapan (<i>Mistichthys luzonensis</i> Smith) in Lake Manapao, Buhi, Camarines Sur, Philippines. M.S. thesis, Central Luzon State University, Philippines. 73 p. (Ref. 4865) FB-Uses-4898 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-01-28 00:00:00 2021-10-18 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4898 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial Soliman, V.S. 1993 Status of Lake Manapao, Buhi, Camarines Sur: sanctuary of the only viable stock of sinarapan, the 'world's smallest commercial fish'. Outreach 6(1):5, 8-9. (Ref. 6928) Herre, A.W.C.T. 1927 The Philippine Bureau of Science monographic publications on fishes: gobies of the Philippines and China Sea. Monogr. Bur. Sci. Manila 23:1-352. (Ref. 439) FB-LifeCycle-4898 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1992-01-28 00:00:00 2021-10-18 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=4898&StockCode=5131 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Males sometimes mature below 1 cm; females a little over 1.1 cm. The eggs are pelagic. Upon hatching, the young swims at the surface for a short while, then settles at the bottom. Herre, A.W.C.T. 1927 The Philippine Bureau of Science monographic publications on fishes: gobies of the Philippines and China Sea. Monogr. Bur. Sci. Manila 23:1-352. (Ref. 439) FB-TrophicStrategy-4898 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1992-11-13 00:00:00 2007-07-03 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public luzonensis http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Occurs from the shoreline to depths of at least 12 m. Caught with collapsible Y-shaped push-nets (sakag); also aggregated using a device (abung) wherein the fish comes to rest upon palm leaves and are then harvested using triangular nets (sarap). Herre, A.W.C.T. 1927 The Philippine Bureau of Science monographic publications on fishes: gobies of the Philippines and China Sea. Monogr. Bur. Sci. Manila 23:1-352. (Ref. 439) FB-Size-4898 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-01-28 00:00:00 2021-10-18 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4898 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution 2.5 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 4865)); max. reported age: 2 years (Ref. 48352) Soliman, V.S. 1989 Population dynamics of sinarapan (<i>Mistichthys luzonensis</i> Smith) in Lake Manapao, Buhi, Camarines Sur, Philippines. M.S. thesis, Central Luzon State University, Philippines. 73 p. (Ref. 4865) Soliman, V.S. 2002 Population dynamics and repopulation of "Sinarapan" <i>Mistichthys luzonensis</i>, the world's smallest commercial fish, and implication for its stock revival in Bicol lakes. p. 9. In G.D. Aguilar and M.C. Buen-Tumilba (eds) Abstracts. 1st national conference in capture fisheries. Responsive research and development for a sustainable capture fisheries. 4-6 December 2002 College of Fisheries and Ocean sciences, University of the Philippines in the Visayas, Miagao, Iloilo. (Ref. 48352) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-4898 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-01-28 00:00:00 2021-10-18 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4898 demersal; non-migratory; freshwater; depth range 0 - 12 m