BUGUEY, Cagayan: A deadly and poisonous fish species has caused alarm among fishing communities in northern Cagayan after claiming the life of a young girl in this coastal town.

Fishery officials are referring to shadow goby, locally known as langen-langen or bunog, a fish species, which usually thrives in shallow coral reefs, mangrove swamps and seagrass meadows.

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