The Philippine Anchovy (Encrasicholina oligobranchus), which is known in Cebuano as bolinao.
Only 52 out of the 110 boat people survived the tragedy and were rescued by Filipino fishermen who brought them to the Philippine island of Bolinao.
Asakaze was sunk on August 23, 1944 off Cape Bilinao (Luzon) by USS Haddo (SS-255), and Yūnagi was sunk August 25, 1944 off N.W. Luzon by the USS Picuda (SS-382).
Three Sambalic languages are spoken by the Sambal: Sambali, Bolinao and Botolan, with approximately 200,000, 105,000 and 72,000 speakers, respectively, based on their 2007 population.