Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Sinarapan (image here) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Gobiidae Genus: Misthicthys Species: luzonensis Binomial name Mistichthys luzonensis 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 Sinarapan—The World's Smallest Commercial Fish Sinarapan Conservation Project of Bicol University Fishbase.org: Mistichthys luzonensis Species Summary This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.