October 1, 2016

Tampal-bangka

"Flatfish chismis"
Photo by Naomi Paingan
Common Name: Tampal-bangka

 Scientific Name: Symphurus bathyspilus

 Picture taken at Dinalupihan, Bataan in September 2016

 These fish are about to be the delicious lunch of some humans...YUMMY!
"Flatfish chismis"
Photo by Naomi Paingan

About the Tampal-bangka

     Symphurus bathyspilus, which attains standard lengths up to 121 mm, is described on the basis of 84 specimens collected in deep waters (248–500 m) in the Philippine Archipelago and off Indonesia. Among congeners, the new species is most similar in some meristic features to those of Symphurus woodmasoni but differs markedly in its ocular- and blind-side coloration, in the pigmentation of its dorsal, anal, pelvic, and caudal fins and its yellowish and speckled ocular-side outer opercular surface.

     This cynoglossid flatfish was identified on December 2003 by Trevor J. Krabbenhoft and Thomas A. Munroe. It is not harmful to humans and is even cooked as a fried protein in some parts of the Philippines and Indonesia.

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Photos and description by Naomi Paingan
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