Sinarapan

Sinarapan
Conservation status
Conservation Dependent (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Genus:	Misthicthys
Species:	M. luzonensis
Binomial name
Mistichthys luzonensis Smith, 1902

The sinarapan (Mistichthys luzonensis) is the world's smallest commercially harvested fish located only in the Philippines. They are endemic to the Bicol Region, specifically in Lake Buhi, Lake Bato, Bicol River and other bodies of water in Camarines Sur province.

Sinarapan are a type of goby and they are transparent, except for the black eyes. The fish have an average length of 12.5 millimeters. Males are smaller than females.

Today, the sinarapan are threatened with extinction due to overfishing.

References

• World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). Mistichthys luzonensis. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 11 May 2006.
• "Mistichthys luzonensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=172180. Retrieved 19 March 2006. 
• Sinarapan—The World's Smallest Commercial Fish
• Sinarapan Conservation Project of Bicol University
• Fishbase.org: Mistichthys luzonensis Species Summary