Sinarapan
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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Sinarapan | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Actinopterygii | ordo = Perciformes | familia = Gobiidae | genus = Misthicthys | species = M. luzonensis | binomial = Mistichthys luzonensis | binomial_authority = 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.