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CHANIDAE [3 records]

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Record 1 2023-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fish
  • Commercial Fishing
  • Seafood and Freshwater Food (Food Industries)
Universal entry(ies)
Chanos chanos
Latin
DEF

A silvery, marine food fish, the only living member of the family Chanidae, order Gonorhynchiformes; fossils date from the Cretaceous.

CONT

The milkfish is often collected when young and raised for food in brackish or freshwater tropical ponds. It is a toothless herbivore 0.6 to 1.5 metres (2 to 5 feet) long with a deeply forked tail. It is found throughout warmer regions of the Pacific and Indian oceans ...

OBS

"bangos": Philippines.

OBS

milkfish: trade name recommended by the "Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des pêches commerciales" and by Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

OBS

"bandeng": (native name in Indonesia): the milkfish (Chanos chanos) used for mosquito control and cultivated in ponds in Indonesia.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poissons
  • Pêche commerciale
  • Produits de mer et d'eau douce (Industr. alim.)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Chanos chanos
Latin
CONT

L'élevage du poisson-lait (Chanos chanos) se développe intensément en Asie.

OBS

chanos : nom français commercial normalisé par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des pêches commerciales.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Peces
  • Pesca comercial
  • Productos del mar y de agua dulce (Ind. alimentaria)
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Chanos chanos
Latin
DEF

[Pez] alargado, moderadamente comprimido; de cabeza puntiaguda, ojos grandes; boca pequeña al frente, sin dientes, aleta dorsal a medio cuerpo [...] escamas pequeñas lisas, línea lateral recta, en toda la longitud del cuerpo, cola grande bifurcada, plateado [...] tamaño: 180 cm., hábitat: desde fondos blandos hasta la superficie.

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Record 2 2016-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fish
Universal entry(ies)
Chanidae
Latin
OBS

The vernacular name of the Chanidae family. The fish occurs in Southeastern Asia, where it grows more than a foot in length, and is often sold as a food fish.

OBS

Usually used in plural.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poissons
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Chanidae
Latin
OBS

Équivalent fourni par un conservateur de poisson au Musée des sciences naturelles du Canada.

Spanish

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Record 3 1989-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fish
DEF

a family of rather large brilliant silvery toothless fishes related to the herrings and including among recent forms only a milkfish (Chanos chanos).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poissons

Spanish

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