Bagoong - Types

Types

Bagoong (spelled as bugguong in Ilocano) are usually made from a variety of fish species. Common fishes used include the following:

  • Anchovies - locally known as dilis, monamon, bolinaw, or gurayan (Stolephrus and Encrasicholina spp.)
  • Round scads - locally known as galunggong or tamodios (Decapterus spp.)
  • Bonnetmouths (Redbait or Rubyfish) - locally known as terong (Emmelichthys nitidus, Emmelichthys struhsakeri, and Plagiogeneion rubiginosum)
  • Ponyfishes - locally known as sapsap (Leiognathus, Photopectoralis, and Equulites spp.)
  • Rabbitfishes - locally known as padas (Siganus spp.)
  • Bar-eyed gobies - locally known as ipon (Glossogobius giuris).
  • Herrings - Clupeoides lila
  • Silver perch - locally known as ayungin (Leiopotherapon plumbeus)

Bagoong made from fish is encompassed by the term bagoong isda (literally 'fish bagoong') in Luzon and Northern Visayas. In the Southern Visayas and Mindanao, fish bagoong is known as guinamos (also spelled ginamos). They can be distinguished further by the type of fish they are made of. Those made from anchovies are generally known as bagoong monamon or bagoong dilis and those from bonnetmouths as bagoong terong.

Bagoong can also be made from shrimp fry. This type of bagoong is known as bagoong alamang or bagoong aramang in Ilocano or simply alamang or uyap in the South, in Western Visayas simply "ginamos".

In rarer instances, it can also be made from oysters, clams, and fish and shrimp roe. In the Ilocos Region, bagoong is occasionally made from a tiny fish called "ipon."

A kind of bagoong made in the town of Balayan, Batangas is also known as bagoong Balayan.

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