Meet Bayangitan, which is Pangasinanse for the Daggertooth Pike Eel.
Their English name refers to their dagger-like teeth that they use to eat other fish and some crustaceans. They can grow up to 7 feet long, and are found in estuaries and other areas close to the shore on soft bottom habitats. Sometimes they enter freshwater environments as well!
Fishbase lists more local names like Banusak, Egat (Bisaya), Kurarato (Ilokano), Langing (Maranao, Tausug), Obod or Ubod (Bikol, Hiligaynon, Bisaya, Waray), Pindanga (Kampangan, Tagalog), and Tawtih (Chavacano).
More MARINE SPECIES!
- Daggertooth pike eel (Muraenesox cinereus)
- Dugong (Dugong)
- Great Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna mokarran)
- Irrawaddy Dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris)
- Lato (Caulerpa lentillifera)
- Mangrove or Mud Crab (Scylla serrata)
- Manila Clam (Venerupis philippinarum)
- Montipora setosa coral
- Surgeonfish or Labahita (Acanthuridae)
- Trevally (Carangidae)