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Milkfish
Chanos chanos
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Milkfish
- Scientific
- Chanos chanos
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Chanidae (milkfish)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 1.8 m (standard length); commonly 1 m; max. published weight 14 kg
- Depth and habitat
- Near the bottom and in the water column above it, recorded from 1 to 30 m; also enters brackish water
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2016
Description
A large, streamlined silvery fish with an olive-green back, a deeply forked tail and dark-edged fins, reaching about 1.8 m. It lives in coastal waters and lagoons and enters brackish and even fresh water; it is one of the most important farmed fish in Asia.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Chanos-chanos.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Chanos_chanos.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.