Comments on: Kubal-Kubal / Finny Scad

By: Bubut

Bubut — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 09:14:19 +0000

if there will be left overs for that grilled fish, it would be delicious na pansahog sa gatang gulay (sitaw, or sigarillas).

By: Marketman

Marketman — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 02:36:38 +0000

Wyatt, thanks for that, will check out the link… I can’t tell for sure from the photo in the link but the fish seems to be lacking the black spot a few inches behind the eye and the shearing effect on the skin near the tail…but at any rate…thanks!

By: wyatt

wyatt — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 01:37:05 +0000

The ilonggo people call it bulao
See if it looks similar to fish in this entry.

https://wyattbelmonte.blogspot.com/2006/05/weekend-in-bacolod.html

By: lee

lee — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 00:56:24 +0000

yeah. lotsa scientific info on the site but they lack pics. They should have illustrations just like the ones in good posters and charts.
Yeah.. you flipping pages from a book in a wet fishmarket would be quite a sight.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 00:16:39 +0000

lee, I like that source too but you need good illustrations or photos as well… I stopped bringing the book to the market because I looked funny flipping pages while trying to nail the name of a fish…

By: lee

lee — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 23:40:56 +0000

hey ya fish folk… try http://www.fishbase.org, quite comprehensive and you can search for local names of fish.

But I really wish I could have marketman’s book for reference just in case a strange sea creature comes my way.

By: Choy

Choy — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 23:37:30 +0000

it looks like “tambakol” to me. but then again, i’m no expert.

By: millet

millet — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 13:10:17 +0000

no, it is not matambaka, although it closely resembles that. there is a bony plate (hard scales?) at the tail end, and we get that every once in a while here in davao. i cannot recall at the moment what it’s called here, though. your crew is right – charcoal-grilling is the way to go.

By: Robksa

Robksa — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 11:59:36 +0000

Yes I agree with MM, it’s really not our usual matang-baka and he identified it correctly as a “Megalaspis cordyla” or Finny Scad.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 10:46:18 +0000

Although it looks really similar to what is regularly referred to as matang-baka, which is actually a purse-eyed scad (selar crumenophthalmus) or oxeye scad (selar boops), it is quite different up close. Particularly with larger specimens, the shearing effect on the skin/scales on the back half of the body is noticeably different. And matang-baka seem to only grow to 12 inches. I have an earlier post with photos of matang-baka here https://www.marketmanila.com/archives/gone-fishin-alumahan-maya-maya-matangbaka-samaral …