attas

Phonetic

[ʌ’tʌ’s]

English: Translation

climbing perch

English: Definition

A freshwater climbing perch, Anabas testudineus. In Smith’s account of Lake Buhi fish, the local name is printed as “attus.” The name refers to the fish, not to a dead individual; use the established Boie’nen animal-class forms for descriptions of a dead fish.

Part of Speech

noun

Semantic Domain

Animals

Hunting and Fishing

Fish and marine creatures

Noun Class

animal

Example Sentence

Po-o’ na yo atas sa lawed (nya Boie’).

English: Example Sentence

Climbing perch is already extinct in lake Buhi.

Plural form

mari’gen-a-atas; mari’gen-atas

Scientific Name

Anabas testudineus (Bloch, 1792); Smith identified the Lake Buhi specimens as Anabas scandens, now treated as a synonym

Notes

Smith records “attus” as the Buhi name and “poyo” as a name used in other Bicol towns. Retain attas as the LD headword and cite “attus” as Smith’s historical spelling; do not create a duplicate entry. Smith reports a claimed adult weight of about 1½–2 pounds, but this is a report in the 1902 article, not a measurement from the young specimens he examined.

SOURCE — ENTRY
Smith, Hugh M. 1902. “Notes on Five Food-Fishes of Lake Buhi, Luzon, Philippine Islands.” Bulletin of the U.S. Fish Commission 21 [for 1901]: 167–171.
https://spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/pdf-content/fish-bull/fb21.17.pdf

ITIS. Anabas scandens taxonomic record; valid name Anabas testudineus.
https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=172586

Grammar Note

Animal Noun Class must only use Animal Adjective Class - in this case a dead ATAS is referred to as TIGBAK-A-ATAS; on the other hand a /dead person/ is referred to as: GE-RA-AN-A-TAO

Scientific Name:

Anabas testudineus (Bloch, 1792) Common name: climbing perch.

Boie'nen (Old Buhi)

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