Foreword 



The Fish and Wildhfe Service is cooperating with the Phihppine 

 Bureau of Fisheries in a program designed to rehabihtate, explore 

 and develop the Philippine fisheries and fishery industries. The 

 program is authorized by Section 309 of the Philippine Rehabilitation 

 Act (Act of April 30, 1946; 60 Stat. 128) and is being conducted pur- 

 suant to an agreement signed on March 14, 1947 by representatives 

 of the Government of the United States and the Government of the 

 Republic of the Philippines. 



The present publication is the first of a series of reports resulting 

 from the cooperative undertakings. It is hoped that the lists of 

 common and local names of Philippine fishes, presented herein, will 

 assist in clarifying the very confusing problems of popular fishery 

 nomenclature in the Philippines that confront scientists and laymen 

 alike. 



