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Scientific Name | Chanos chanos (Fabricius, 1775) |
Common Name | Milkfish |
Type Locality | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea [not Mediterranean Sea]. |
Etymology | Chanos: Greek, chanos, -eos, ous, and chasma, -atos = abyss, mouth opened, inmensity. |
Species Information | |
Size | 1800mm or 70.9" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
Habitat Information | |
Distribution | Indo-Pacific: along continental shelves and around islands, where temperatures are greater than 20°C. Red Sea and South Africa to Hawaii and the Marquesas, north to Japan, south to Victoria, Australia. Eastern Pacific: San Pedro, California to the Galapagos. |
IUCN Red List Category | Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2016. |
Other Parameters | Found in offshore marine waters and shallow coastal embayments, but also frequently enter estuaries and occasionally penetrate freshwater streams. Marine, brackish and freshwater. |
Husbandry Information | |
Feeding | In nature, this species feeds on zooplanktion as larvae; juveniles and adults eat cyanobacteria, soft algae, small benthic invertebrates, and even pelagic fish eggs and larvae. User data. |
Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
Further Information | |
Reference | Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål), pp 74, xiv. |
Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is no record of this fish being seen. |
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Last Update | 2020 Jul 29 09:59 (species record created: 2014 Nov 11 04:12) |