Milkfish (species: Chanos chanos) in Kimberley Coast (Gaia Guide)
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Chanos chanos
Milkfish


©Bryan Harry at US National Park Service: Milkfish (Chanos chanos)

©Lyle: A school of Milkfish (Chanos chanos) at Day Reef near Lizard Island.

©Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Gonorynchiformes
Family Chanidae
Genus Chanos
Species Chanos chanos

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 170 cm (Length of specimen)

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution: Milkfish (Chanos chanos)

Distribution and habitat preferences

They occur in the Indian Ocean and across the Pacific Ocean, tending to school around coasts and islands with reefs.

The young fry live at sea for two to three weeks and then migrate to mangrove swamps, estuaries, and sometimes lakes and return to sea to mature sexually and reproduce. (Wikipedia)

Local abundance

  • Outer reefs near Lizard Island: Large schools occasionally seen near dropoffs.

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References

  • Jabbar, A., A. Asnoussi, L.J. Norbury, A. Eisenbarth, S. Shamsi, R.B. Gasser, A.L. Lopata and I. Beveridge (2012). Larval anisakid nematodes in teleost fishes from Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research, 63: 1283-1299. LIRS catalog number 1584.
  • Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene (1990). Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii.
  • Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene (1997). Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea: Second edition Crawford House Publishing, Bathurst, NSW.