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1. Chanos chanos (Forsk.). 
Mugil chanos Forskal. Descript. Anim. 1775, p- 74. 
Lutodeira indica van Hasselt. Algem. Konst- en Letterbode. ‘T1523, p. 333s 
Chanos lubina Cuvier & Valenciennes. Hist. Nat. Poissons. XIX. 1846, p. 199. 
Chanos salmoneus Giinther. Cat. Brit. Mus. VII. 1868, p. 473. 
Chanos lubina Giinther. Cat. Brit. Mus. VII. 1868, p. 474. 
Chanos salmoneus Bleeker. Atl. Ichth. VI. 1866—1872, p. 81. 
Chanos lubina Bleeker. Atl. Ichth. VI. 1866—1872, p. 82. 
Chanos salmoneus Day. Fishes. of India. 4°. 1878—1888, p. 651. 
Chanos chanos Jordan & Herre. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. XXXI. 1906, p. 622. 
Chanos salmoneus Boulenger. Trans. Linn. Soc. London (2), XH. 1909, p. 291. 
Chanos chanos Giinther. Fische der Stidsee. Heft VIII. 1909, p. 387. 
Fig. 8. Chanos chanos (Forsk.). 
B. 4; D. 14—16; A. 1o—11; P. 16—17; V.11—12; L.l. 7580. 
Height about 4, head 37/,—4'/,, eye 3—3?/,. Silvery greenish 
above. Dorsal, caudal and tip of anal as well as inside of 
pectorals and ventrals dark. Length over 1500 mm. 
Nomen indig.: Bandang (Mal.). 
Habitat: Java (Bantam, Tanara, Krawang!, Batavia!, Che- 
ribon, Gresik, Surabaya); Madura; Pinang; Borneo; Celebes 
(Macassar); Buru; New Guinea. — Eastward to the Paumotu 
islands, north to southern Japan, southward to New South 
Wales, westward to the Red Sea and the East coast of Africa 
and Madagascar. 
In sea and estuaries. 
Much esteemed as food and grown in tanks and ponds, 
the fray being procured along the coast. 
