Ipon

(January 21, 2003 to April 30, 2003)

Glussogobius

Ipon is an Ilocano name for the fry of various species of gobies that spawn in the sea but spend most of their lives in the fresh water streams of the interior. Gobies are small fishes, carnivorous bottom-dwellers living along the shores, lakes, rivers, and fresh-water swamps. Some cling to rocky places or gravelly bottoms where the current is very swift and where few other fishes are able to withstand the rush of the water.