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Chanos chanos (Bandang; Bandeng; Milkfish; White mullet; Salmon herring; Moreton Bay salmon; Milk-fish; Milk fish; Giant herring; Bony salmon; Bangos; Chanos)

Synonyms:
Language: Afrikaans; Agutaynen; Arabic; Banton; Bikol; Bolinao; Carolinian; Cebuano; Chavacano; Czech; Danish; Davawenyo; Dutch; Fijian; Finnish; French; Fw; Fwâi; Gela; German; Hawaiian; Hiligaynon; Ilokano; Italian; Japanese; Javanese; Kagayanen; Kannada; Kapampangan; Khmer; Kiribati; Korean; Kumak; Kuyunon; Mahl; Makassarese; Malay; Malayalam; Mandarin Chinese; Maranao/Samal/Tao Sug; Marshallese; Nemi; Norwegian; Numee; Other; Palauan; Pangasinan; Persian; Polish; Portuguese; Russian; Samoan; Sinhalese; Somali; Spanish; Surigaonon; Swahili; Swedish; Tagalog; Tahitian; Tamil; Telugu; Thai; Tokelauan; Tongan; Tuvaluan; Vietnamese; Visayan; Wallisian; Waray-waray

Wikipedia Abstract

The milkfish (Chanos chanos) is the sole living species in the family Chanidae. However, there are at least five extinct genera from the Cretaceous. The species has many common names. The Hawaiian name for the fish is awa. It is called bangús in the Philippines, where it is the national fish. In the Nauruan language, it is referred to as ibiya. Milkfish is also called "bandeng" or "bolu" in Indonesia.
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Attributes

Maximum Longevity [3]  15 years
Migration [1]  Catadromous
Water Biome [1]  Reef, Lakes and Ponds, Coastal, Brackish Water
Adult Weight [2]  16.976 lbs (7.70 kg)
Diet [1]  Omnivore
Female Maturity [3]  6 years 6 months
Male Maturity [2]  6 years 3 months

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Can Gio Mangrove Biosphere Reserve 123722 Viet Nam  
Pulu Keeling National Park II 6469 Cocos (Keeling) Islands    
Sunderban National Park 261613 India  
Ujung Kulon National Park II 313466 Java, Indonesia    

Ecosystems

Emblem of

Philippines

Prey / Diet

Assiminea ovata[4]
Boiga dendrophila (Gold-ringed Cat Snake, Mangrove Snake)[4]
Merismopedia glauca[4]
Oscillatoria princeps[4]

Predators

Consumers

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 3Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495.
♦ 4Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 5Trophic structure and flows of energy in the Huizache–Caimanero lagoon complex on the Pacific coast of Mexico; Manuel J. Zetina-Rejón, Francisco Arreguı́n-Sánchez, Ernesto A. Chávez; Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 57 (2003) 803–815
♦ 6del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 7Salazar P., S. and Bustamante, Rodrigo H. (2003) Effects of the 1997-1998 El Niño on population size and diet of the Galápagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki). Noticias de Galapagos, 62, pp. 40-45.
♦ 8Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0