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 i. Chanos chanos (Forsk.). 



Mugil chanos Forskal. Descript. Anim. 1775, P- 74- 



Lutodeira indica van Hasselt. Algem. Konst- en Letterbode. .1823, p. 333. 



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. 18661872, p. 81. 



Chanos lubina Bleeker. Atl. Ichth. VI. 18661872, 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). XII. 1909, p. 291. 



Chanos chanos Giinther. Fische der Siidsee. Heft VIII. 1909, p. 387. 



Fig. 8. Chanos chanos (Forsk.). 



B. 4; D. 1416; A. 10 II; P. 1617; V. II 12; L.I. 75 So. 



Height about 4, head 3 2 / 3 4V 3 , eye 3 3 2 / 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 (Mai.). 



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. 



