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milkfish (Chanos chanos)
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milkfish (Chanos chanos)


English: Milkfish (Chanos chanos).
Tagalog: Bangus (Chanos chanos).
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Source US National Park Service
Author Bryan Harry (U.S. National Park Service)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Milkfish.jpg

The milkfish (Chanos chanos) is the sole living species in the family Chanidae. Chanos chanos occurs in the Indian Ocean and across the Pacific Ocean, from South Africa to Hawaii and the Marquesas, from California to the Galapagos, north to Japan, south to Australia. Milkfishes commonly live in tropical offshore marine waters around islands and along continental shelves.
Order: Gonorynchiformes
Family: Chanidae
Genus: Chanos
Species: Chanos chanos (Forsskål, 1775)

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Scientific Name: Chanos chanos (Forsskål, 1775)
Common Names: Milkfish; sabalote [Spanish]
Synonyms:
Channo chanos (Forsskål, 1775)
Chanos aldrovandi Risso in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1836
Chanos orientalis Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1847
Chanos salmoneus (Forster, 1801)
Mugil chanos Forsskål, 1775

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