Banak

By Tony Oquias

On 17 August 2007

A sharp-nosed river mullet (Cestraeus oxyrhyncus) or "Banak" is one of the freshwater species of fish found in the rivers of the Sierra Madre Mountains. There are at least fourteen known species that abound in its waters and serve as food for the Dumagat tribe.

In the The Last of the Dumagats photo essay.

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