Milkfish

Milkfish Chanos chanos
The milkfish is an elegant silvery fish with a streamlined body and a large, deeply forked tail. It is an important food fish in much of Southeast Asia and is extensively farmed.

Chanos chanos, Milkfish
Cheilinus undulatus, Humphead Wrasse
Cheilinus chlorourus, Floral Wrasse
Cheilinus fasciatus, Redbreast Wrasse
Cheilinus oxycephalus, Snooty Wrasse
Cheilinus trilobatus, Tripletail Wrasse ...

Other species, like the Milkfish, mate in conjunction with lunar cycles, spawning only during new or full moons.

GONORYNCHIFORMES
Includes milkfishes
CYPRINIFORMES
Includes minnows, carps, loaches, hillstream loaches, river loaches, flat loaches, algae eaters, suckers ...

Scientific name: Galaxias maculates (Jenyns)
Synonyms: Galaxias attenuatus
Popular Common names: inanga, whitebait.
Other common names: cowfish, milkfish, minnow.

Distributional ecology of larval milkfish, Chanos chanos (Pisces, Chanidae) in the Lizard Island Region
Distributional ecology of tuna larvae in near-reef waters in the Coral Sea ...

See also: Shrimp, Coral, Hawkfish, Parrot, Shell