Freshwater Fish Called Tibek

Photo is mine
By Tokz
@ilocosboy (45155)
Philippines
June 19, 2017 9:32pm CST
When rainy season comes many kinds of fishes tribe in the freshwater. Most are small kinds of fish which is no more than the size of fingers. One of this fish is the locally known tibek. I saw the vendor selling the fish but I didn't buy because my problem is where put this so it is still fresh until afternoon. The fish usually cook in vinegar with salt called pinaksiw. This also best to fry. Its tasty and because it got small spines and bones, you can enjoy this in lunch or dinner.
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9 responses
@Nawsheen (28642)
• Mauritius
20 Jun 17
We have those fishes over here..definitely tasty when you fry them.
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@ilocosboy (45155)
• Philippines
20 Jun 17
That's so crunchy when fry.
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@Nawsheen (28642)
• Mauritius
20 Jun 17
@ilocosboy And so pleasing to eat. LOL
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@Nawsheen (28642)
• Mauritius
20 Jun 17
@cacay1 Yes. It is so good to eat those fishes. Nice snacks to have .LOL
• United States
20 Jun 17
i never ate this fish before. I do not like spines and bones though.
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• United States
20 Jun 17
@ilocosboy do you taste the bones?
@ilocosboy (45155)
• Philippines
20 Jun 17
It becomes crunchy when fried
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• United States
20 Jun 17
@cacay1 I like to buy fillet fishes I don't like bones for fish
@Shavkat (140836)
• Philippines
20 Jun 17
That's so delicious. I wanted to have this served on that table.
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@Shavkat (140836)
• Philippines
20 Jun 17
@cacay1 I also tasted this before. Do you know how to do it?
@Shavkat (140836)
• Philippines
22 Jun 17
@cacay1 Hahaha The food is ready to serve for the family.
@ilocosboy (45155)
• Philippines
20 Jun 17
especially when fried.
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
20 Jun 17
that is what we call MORI, my friend. if deep fried, we can everything from head to tail, even the spines.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
23 Jun 17
@ilocosboy and since these are fresh water fish, there is no problem getting diseases, like the red tide in seas. anyway, red tide affects the clams and not the fish, am i right?
@ilocosboy (45155)
• Philippines
20 Jun 17
That's is true, nothing waste.
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@RubyHawk (99393)
• Atlanta, Georgia
20 Jun 17
We used to fish and caught small fish called perch, They were small and the bones cooked crunchy. They were good to eat.
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@ilocosboy (45155)
• Philippines
20 Jun 17
That's true, this fish when fried is so crunchy
@RubyHawk (99393)
• Atlanta, Georgia
21 Jun 17
@cacay1 Perch is safe but I don't see them anymore.
@RubyHawk (99393)
• Atlanta, Georgia
22 Jun 17
They live in small streams and I seldom go there. @cacay1
@Linda1234 (4711)
• Houston, Texas
20 Jun 17
The fresh fish always delicious and healthy
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@ilocosboy (45155)
• Philippines
20 Jun 17
If only our house is near I should have bought a tray.
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@Linda1234 (4711)
• Houston, Texas
20 Jun 17
@ilocosboy Thank you very much .
@jobelbojel (36840)
• Philippines
20 Jun 17
These fishes are called bonor in our dialect. I am hoping it is the same fish.
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@jobelbojel (36840)
• Philippines
20 Jun 17
@ilocosboy I like fried instead of the pangat or pinaksiw.
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@ilocosboy (45155)
• Philippines
20 Jun 17
Maybe its the same especially when it was also carch in freshwater river.
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• Philippines
21 Jun 17
Tibek is very rare in our place. I don't see them in the market. Few times I've spotted them and its always being sold out.
@Elisa1234 (7607)
• Philippines
30 Jun 17
What kind of fish is that? Looks unfamiliar