WoRMS taxon details
Chanos chanos (Forsskål, 1775)
AphiaID: 217625
AphiaID: 217625
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Gonorhynchiformes (Order) > Chanidae (Family) > Chanos (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Chanos Lacepède, 1803 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Butirinus argenteus Jerdon, 1849 Channo chanos (Forsskål, 1775) (misspelling) Chanos arabicus Lacepède, 1803 Chanos chloropterus Valenciennes, 1847 Chanos cyprinella Valenciennes, 1847 Chanos indicus (van Hasselt, 1823) Chanos lubina Valenciennes, 1847 Chanos mento Valenciennes, 1847 Chanos mossambicus (Peters, 1852) Chanos nuchalis Valenciennes, 1847 Chanos orientalis Valenciennes, 1847 Chanos salmoneus (Forster, 1801) Chanos salmonoides Günther, 1879 Cyprinus palah (Cuvier, 1829) Leuciscus palah Cuvier, 1829 Leuciscus salmoneus (Forster, 1801) Lutodeira chanos (Forsskål, 1775) Lutodeira chloropterus (Valenciennes, 1847) Lutodeira indica van Hasselt, 1823 Lutodeira mossambica Peters, 1852 Lutodeira mossambicus Peters, 1852 Lutodeira salmonea (Forster, 1801) Mugil chanos Forsskål, 1775 Mugil salmoneus Forster, 1801 Mugile chani Forsskål, 1775 (misspelling) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, brackish, fresh, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Chagos [details] Comores [details] Djibouti [details] Gazi Bay [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Mtwapa [details] Red Sea [details] Reunion [details] Rodriguez [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||
| Host of |
Caligus chanos Lin, 1989 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus epidemicus Hewitt, 1971 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus orientalis Gusev, 1951 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus patulus Wilson C.B., 1937 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus punctatus Shiino, 1955 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caritus serratus Cressey, 1967 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Diergasilus kasaharai Do, 1981 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (30 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (129 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FAO Cultured Aquatic species fact sheets To FishBase To GenBank (143 nucleotides; 115 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Adults occur in small to large schools near the coasts or around islands where reefs are well developed. Eggs and larvae are pelagic up to 2-3 weeks. Older larvae migrate onshore and settle in coastal wetlands (mangroves, estuaries) during the juvenile stage, or occasionally enter freshwater lakes. Juveniles and subadults return to sea where they mature sexually. Spawns only in fully saline water. Larvae eat zooplankton; juveniles and adults eat cyanobacteria, soft algae, small benthic invertebrates, and even pelagic fish eggs and larvae. Larvae are collected from rivers and are grown in culture ponds into juveniles, which are marketed fresh, smoked, canned and frozen. Broodstocks can be raised and spawned in captivity to produce larvae in the hatchery (Ref. 9815). Can thrive and grow in water as hot as 32° C (Ref. 9987). [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217625 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Chanos chanos (Forsskål, 1775). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217625 on 2013-05-21 | |||||||||||
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