| aluwan |
mudfish; snake-head mullet; murrel (Ophicephalus spp.) |
| anak bung |
cavalla; pampano (family Carangidae) |
| babakan |
porcupine fish |
| bahabaꞌ |
russel snapper (Lutianus russelli) |
| bahuꞌ-bahuꞌ |
brown striped snapper (Lutianus vita) |
| bakukku |
fresh water porgy (Sparus berda) |
| bānak |
Any of various kinds of mullet fish (family Mugilidae) |
| bānak kipak |
large-scaled mullet (Mugil Vaigiensis) |
| bāngasan |
Branded barracuda (Sphyraena jello) |
| bangus |
milkfish (Chanos chanos) |
| batad |
a kind of eel (Congragadus spp.) |
| bawis |
siganid (Teuthis spp.) |
| bigaung |
theraponid grunt (several varieties) (Pelates quadrilineatus; Therapon spp.) |
| bingki |
small-scaled flying fish (Cypselurus oligolepis) |
| bukān |
Any of several wrasse fishes (family Labridae) |
| bulan-bulan |
tarpon (Megalops cyprinoides) |
| bunaꞌ |
leaf-fish (Platax orbicularis); drepanid |
| bung₁ |
siganid (Teuthis spp.) |
| bung₂ |
jellyfish (not called istaꞌ) |
| butitiꞌ |
Puffer (family Tetraodontidae) |
| dalag |
mudfish; murrel (Ophicephalus striatus) |
| dapak |
red snapper (Lutianus spp.) |
| gadja minaꞌ |
variety of whale or ocean monster |
| gula-gula |
malabar cavalla |
| guntul |
variety of fish |
| ibis |
balabac barb (Puntius ivis) |
| ilak |
striped rudder fish (Kyphosus lembus) |
| indangan |
surgeon fish (Acantharus bleekeri) |
| indung |
salt water eel (generic) |
| ipun-ipun |
the young of the catfish (Flotosus anguillaris) |
| istaꞌ |
fish (generic) |
| istaꞌ putiꞌ |
Any of various kinds of cavalla fish (family Carangidae) |
| istaꞌ putiꞌ bilu-bilu |
Spotted cavalla (Caranx Stellatus) |
| jungjung |
non-spotted halfbeak (Hemiramphus far) |
| kahumbu |
Whale (never called istaꞌ but sattuwa). |
| kālukaꞌ |
fabled sea monster; octupus (not called istaꞌ but sattuwa). |
| kamang |
Lizard fish (Saurida argyrphanes rech) |
| kamdaman |
Big-eyed porgy (Monotaxis grandoculis) |
| kandaman |
Bulls eye fish (Psriacanthos tayenus) |
| kandayan |
Sailfish |
| kanuus |
Squid |
| kappuꞌ |
scorpion fish |
| kappuꞌ dagmay |
Sargassum fish |
| kasig |
Sardine (Sardinella spp.) |
| kasil |
Swamp eel (fresh-water) (Synbranchus bengalensis) |
| kaytan |
shark (generic) |
| kaytan katkat |
sawfish (Pristis spp.) |
| kaytan malu-malu |
guitar fish (Rhynchobatus djiddensis) |
| kaytan pamingkungan |
hammerhead shark (Sphyrna zygaena) |
| kaytan tukkiꞌ |
a type of shark (probably genus Carcharias) |
| kaytan tutungan |
black finned shark (Carcharias melanopterus) |
| kindat |
a kind of small octopus |
| kitang |
archer fish; spadefish |
| kiyampaw bās |
blue spotted sting ray (Dasyatis kuhli) |
| kubal-kubal |
hardtail (Megalaspis cordyla) |
| kugita |
octupus |
| kulabutan |
cuttlefish |
| kulampiraꞌ |
any flatfish having both eyes on the same side, as the brills and soles |
| kulapu |
any of a number of groupers (Tagalog, lapu-lapu) (family Serranidae) |
| kummi |
common remora (Echeneis naucrates) |
| kussung |
any of a family of small carnivorous, spiny-finned fishes (family Gobiidae) |
| kutambak |
sea-bream, porgy (Lethrinus); any of several snappers (family Lutianidae) |
| kuwambal |
variety of fish (Gynocranius grisseus) |
| lalung |
sargassium |
| lambanaꞌ |
striped barracuda (Sphaeraena obtusata) |
| lampangan |
another name for bānak kipak |
| lampit |
wrasse (family Labridae) |
| lappit |
wrasse |
| laslas |
convict-fish (Rachycentron canadum) |
| lās-lās |
any of a number of kinds of fish with vertical stripes that live over rocks |
| lingutung |
sunflower starfish |
| lumahan |
striped mackerel (Rastrelliger chrysozonus) |
| lumbaꞌ-lumbaꞌ |
porpoise |
| luppi |
grunt (Plectorhinchus pictus) |
| lupuꞌ |
scorpion fish, with poisonous sting (family Scorpaenidae) |
| manumbuk |
swordfish |
| mangagat |
pargo (family Sparidae) |
| mangali |
toothless cavalla (Caranz speciousus) |
| mangkuꞌ |
frigate mackerel (Auxis thasard); oceanic bonito (Euthynnus yaito) |
| mangilap |
siganus (Teuthis spp.) |
| mangsaꞌ |
banded cavalla; Philippine jack (Hynnis momsa) |
| maya-maya |
any of several snappers (Lutianus spp.) |
| pagi |
ray (generic) |
| pagi batu |
eagle ray (Aetobatus narinari) |
| pagi manuk |
Javan cow nosed ray (Rhinoptera javanica) |
| pagi sānga |
spineless devil ray (Mobula ergoodoo Tenkee) |
| pagi tamimik |
marbled sting ray (Dasyatis uarnak) |
| palig |
boarfish |
| panit |
tuna (generic) |
| panit gampal |
yellow fin tuna (Neothunnus macropterus) |
| pangaluwan |
banded barracuda (Sphyraena jello) |
| pataw |
Asiatic threadfish (Alectis indicus) |
| payukan |
hawksbill turtle |
| pilluk |
cuckoo wrasse (Lepidaplois mesothorax B1) |
| pisayan |
species of shrimp |
| pitig |
horsefish |
| piyatay |
any of the anchovy family of small fish; silversides (Atherina spp.) |
| piyatay anak bat |
anchovy (Stolephorus spp.) |
| piyatay lusiꞌ |
silverside (Lethrinus) |
| piyatay timbang |
long-jawed anchovy (Stolephorus commersonii) |
| pugut |
trigger fish (family Balistidae) |
| punnu |
green turtle (Chelonia japonica shegel) |
| putiꞌ mata |
spotted mojarras (Gerres filamentosus) |
| puyan |
skipjack |
| salay-salay |
any of several kinds of crevalle (family Carangidae) |
| sapsap |
spotted moonfish (Mene maculata); any of several slipmouths (family Leiognathaidae) |
| silu |
garfish |
| subad |
bonito (Euthynnue yaito) |
| sulig |
caesio fish (Caesio spp.) |
| sulig mapan |
denticulated caesio (Caesio cuning) |
| sumpit-sumpit |
archer fish (Toxotes jaculatrix peters) |
| taballung |
cowfish (Ostracion cornotus) |
| tābula/tābulla |
a rather small squid |
| tamalingking |
lionfish |
| tamangkaꞌ |
sand-diver; goby (Gobiidae Parapercis spp.) |
| tamarung |
big-bodied round scad (Decapterus macrosomus) |
| tamban |
Indian sardine (Sardinella longiceps) |
| tamban kalang |
fimbriated herring (Sardinella fimbriata) |
| tambilawang |
garfish (several species) |
| tamindak |
mud skipper |
| tangbud |
whiting (Sillago spp.) |
| tangiꞌ |
Spanish mackerel (Cybium commerson) |
| tawti |
catfish (generic); stinging catfish (Plotosus anguillaris) |
| tawti sumbiling |
green sea catfish (Arius thalassinus) |
| tawti tubig |
eel catfish (Clarias gilli) |
| tayruk |
angel fish rock beauty |
| tibuk |
coral-fish; damsel fish (Pomacentrus fasciatus) |
| tihik-tihik |
soldier fish (family Holocentridae) |
| tilapiya |
a kind of fresh-water fish |
| timbungan |
goatfish (Upeneus spp.) |
| tulay liꞌgat |
big-eyed scad (Caranx crumenophthalmus) |
| tulibas |
an edible fish fat at the middle and thin at the tail; big-eyed herring (Ilisha hoeveni) |
| ubbung |
dolphin |
| ubud-ubud |
spotted halfbeak (Hemiramphis far) |
| ugus |
parrot fish (Scarus spp.) |
| ullang |
small shrimp, prawn, drawfish |
| unduk-unduk |
seahorse |
| ūng-ūng |
two-finned runner (Elagatis bipinnulatus) |
| utap |
small fresh water shrimp; crawfish |
| uwaꞌ |
the mature female milkfish (Chanos chanos) |
