Lake Bato

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The Bato Lake is located in the province of Camarines Sur, 9 km southwest of Iriga City in the Bicol region in the Philippines. The lake is located west of the Iriga volcano, on its banks is the same community Bato.

The lake covers an area of ​​28.10 km ² and is part of the water catchment area of ​​the Bicol River. Important commercial fish species are predatory catfish ( Clarias sp.), The tilapia Tilapia mossambica and Tilapia nilotica and the carp (Cyprinus carpio). The climbing fish Anabas testudineus is equally at home in the sea area such as shrimps of the genus Macrobrachium.