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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Chanos chanos

Milkfish

WoRMS 217625ITIS 162838GBIF 2406374key worms:217625
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2026-08-05: itis_id 162838 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Erika Schumacher · CC BY-NC 3.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Chanos chanos
Milkfish1.8 m
a person1.7 m

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Chanos chanos
Photo · Matt Muir · CC BY 4.0 · inat

The milkfish is a widespread species of ray-finned fish found throughout the Indo-Pacific. It is the sole living species in the family Chanidae, and the only living member of the genus Chanos.W CalCOFI holds 4 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1998 and 2003, as larva.R

4
observations
4
records
4
sampling events
1998–2003
years
1
datasets
larva
life stages

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

  • Ichthyoplankton 4 obs · 4 events · 1998–2003 · larva
    name used: Chanos chanos Milkfish · code 34

How big is it
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Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorerdb-query
ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon
https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:217625%22