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Species in the family or subfamily Chanidae: [ 22 ] records

aldrovandi, Chanos Risso [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1836:176 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 11; ref. 1005] No types known. •Synonym of Chanos chanos (Fabricius 1775) -- (Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:30 [ref. 37983]). Current status: Synonym of Chanos chanos (Fabricius 1775). Chanidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

arabicus, Chanos Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Forsskål, ex Fabricius) 1803:395, 396 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 5; ref. 4930] Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea. Syntypes: ZMUC P17154 (dry skin, primary specimen), ZMUC P17751 [no. 110 b] (1). Type catalog: Bertin 1940:276 [ref. 293] but dated to Valenciennes. Unnecessary replacement name for Mugil chanos Forsskål 1775. •Synonym of Chanos chanos (Forsskål 1775) -- (Dor 1984:50 [ref. 29757], Paxton et al. 2006:340 [ref. 28994], Kottelat 2013:65 [ref. 32989], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:30 [ref. 37983]). •Synonym of Chanos chanos (Fabricius 1775) -- (Fricke 2008:17 [ref. 30182]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Chanos chanos (Fabricius 1775). Chanidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

argenteus, Butirinus Jerdon [T. C.] 1849:343 [Madras Journal of Literature and Science v. 15 (pt 2); ref. 4902] Coondapoor, northern Canara, India. No types known. Apparently can date to Jerdon as above; Jerdon cites, "Forster, Bloch.", probably referring to Esox argenteus Forster. •Synonym of Chanos chanos (Fabricius 1775) -- (Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:30 [ref. 37983]). Current status: Synonym of Chanos chanos (Fabricius 1775). Chanidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

chanos, Mugil Fabricius [J. C.] in Niebuhr (ex Forsskål) 1775:74, xiv [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea [not Mediterranean Sea]. Holotype: ZMUC P17154 (dry skin). Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:10 [ref. 9588], Fricke 2008:17 [ref. 30182]. Authorship according to Fricke 2008:17 [ref. 30182]. Holotype figured in Klausewitz & Nielsen 1965:Pl. 37 [ref. 20847]. •Valid as Chanos chanos (Forsskål 1775) -- (Kyushin et al. 1977:28 [ref. 19756], Arnoult 1984:128 [ref. 6179], Dor 1984:50 [ref. 29757], Uyeno in Masuda et al. 1984:54 [ref. 6441], Duffy & Bernard 1985:122 [ref. 22646], Winans 1985:890 [ref. 6784], Kuang in Kuang et al. 1986:15 [ref. 26639], Smith 1986:210 [ref. 5712], Allen & Swainston 1988:30 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:215 [ref. 12442], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:238 [ref. 25598], Winterbottom et al. 1989:13 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:48 [ref. 15987], Allen & Coates 1990:55 [ref. 25561], Allen 1991:48 [ref. 21090], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:150 [ref. 20764], Kuang in Pan et al. 1991:31 [ref. 23876], Francis 1993:158 [ref. 25479], Allen & Robertson 1994:62 [ref. 22193], Poll & Gosse 1995:95 [ref. 24781], Goren & Dor 1994:13 [ref. 25356], Coad 1995:9 [ref. 23608], Whitehead in Fischer et al. 1995:1004 [ref. 22829], Randall 1995:74 [ref. 22896], Larson in McDowall 1996:48 [ref. 22909], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:141 [ref. 27969], Rainboth 1996:65 [ref. 22772], Allen 1997:50 [ref. 23977], Allen & Robertson 1997:820 [ref. 41086], Cheng & Zhou 1997:65 [ref. 26385] dated to1755, De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:105 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:197 [ref. 24023], Larson & Williams 1997:348 [ref. 23967], Carpenter et al. 1997:120 [ref. 23922], Lee & Joo 1997:1 [ref. 25728], Randall et al. 1997:48 [ref. 25919], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:181 [ref. 24555], Myers 1999:63 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:81 [ref. 24106], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:139 [ref. 24550], Bagarinao 1999:1822 [ref. 24730], Mishra et al. 1999:83 [ref. 25315], Johnson 1999:723 [ref. 25471], Fuller et al. 1999:50 [ref. 25838], Nakabo 2000:252 [ref. 25086], Ferraris in Randall & Lim 2000:588 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:343 [ref. 25191], Bijukumar & Sushama 2000:185 [ref. 25703], Randall & Earle 2000:6 [ref. 25806], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:97 [ref. 26368], Kimura & Peristiwady in Matsuura & Peristiwady 2000:141 [ref. 27511], Hutchins 2001:21 [ref. 25847], Sakai et al. 2001:86 [ref. 25693], Zhang 2001:160 [ref. 26586] dated 1755, Allen et al. 2002:335 [ref. 25930], Nakabo 2002:252 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:24 [ref. 26830], Choi et al. 2003:155, 500 [ref. 26218], Khan 2003:7 [ref. 27710], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:18 [ref. 27510], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S97 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:613 [ref. 27495], Seegers et al. 2003:30 [ref. 28087], Heemstra et al. 2004:3317 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:111 [ref. 28072], Lobel & Lobel 2004:68 [ref. 27576], Nelson et al. 2004:68 [ref. 27807], Randall et al. 2004:7 [ref. 27624], Tan & Lim 2004:108 [ref. 27716], Love et al. 2005:27 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:149 [ref. 28379], Randall 2005:60 [ref. 28239], Paxton et al. 2006:340 [ref. 28994], Randall 2007:104 [ref. 30952], Hobbs et al. 2008:7 [ref. 39350], Fricke et al. 2009:22 [ref. 30213], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:189 [ref. 30957], Motomura et al. 2010:75 [ref. 31256], Esmaeili et al. 2010:366 [ref. 33391], Fricke et al. 2011:355 [ref. 31242], Özvarol & Gökoğlu 2012:135 [ref. 31819], Allen & Erdmann 2012:121 [ref. 31980], Page et al. 2013:68 [ref. 32708], Fricke et al. 2013:251 [ref. 32706], Larson et al. 2013:37 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:64 [ref. 32989], Yoshida et al. 2013:40 [ref. 34464], Morgan et al. 2014:33 [ref. 36567], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:4 [ref. 33988], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:860 [ref. 34062], Matsunuma in Kimura et al. 2015:20 [ref. 34319], Psomadakis et al. 2015:163 [ref. 34104], Esmaeili et al. 2015:118 [ref. 35030], Miesen et al. 2016:82 [ref. 34492], Koeda et al. 2016:10 [ref. 35333], Esmaeili et al. 2017:31 [ref. 35254], Motomura et al. 2017:46 [ref. 35490], Ali et al. 2018:311 [ref. 36183], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[20] 258 [ref. 36492], Esmaeili et al. 2018:10 [ref. 36089], Fricke et al. 2018:58 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:36 [ref. 36273], Romero-Berny et al. 2018:89 [ref. 35859], Suresh et al. 2018:91 [ref. 36495], Eagderi et al. 2019:33 [ref. 37020], González-Murcia et al. 2019:290 [ref. 36544], Zajonz et al. 2019:63 [ref. 36871], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 7 [ref. 38321], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:29 [ref. 37983], Psomadakis et al. 2020:304 [ref. 37272], Taki et al. 2021:70 [ref. 39830], Esmaeili et al. 2022:460 [ref. 39253], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:71 [ref. 41223], Zajonz et al. 2022:46 [ref. 40522], Esmaeili & Hamidan 2023:206 [ref. 40377], Jamandre 2023:170 [ref. 40455]). •Valid as Chanos chanos (Fabricius 1775) -- (Fricke 2008:17 [ref. 30182], Kovačić et al. 2021:23 [ref. 39014], Love et al. 2021:44 [ref. 39279], Grove et al. 2022:16 [ref. 41326], Heemstra 2022:180 [ref. 39695], Barrientos et al. 2023:271 [ref. 41235], Çiçek et al. 2023:6 [ref. 40616], Page et al. 2023:63 [ref. 40505], Allen & Erdmann 2024:132 [ref. 40796], Çiçek et al. 2024:44 [ref. 40789], Fricke et al. 2024:156 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Chanos chanos (Fabricius 1775). Chanidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Seychelles, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, New South Wales (Australia) and Norfolk Island; eastern Pacific: southern California (U.S.A.) south to northern Peru, including Clipperton Island (France) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador); Mediterranean Sea immigrant. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

chloropterus, Chanos Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:195 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 19; ref. 4883] Madapolam, India. No types known. From a sketch and description of Russel. Junior objective synonym of Cyprinus tolo Cuvier 1829. •Synonym of Chanos chanos (Forsskål 1775) -- (Arnoult 1984:128 [ref. 6179], Kottelat 2013:65 [ref. 32989], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:30 [ref. 37983]). •Synonym of Chanos chanos (Fabricius 1775). Current status: Synonym of Chanos chanos (Fabricius 1775). Chanidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

cyprinella, Chanos Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:198 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 19; ref. 4883] Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-3624. Type catalog: Bertin 1940:276 [ref. 293]. •Synonym of Chanos chanos (Forsskål 1775) -- (Mundy 2005:149 [ref. 28379], Kottelat 2013:65 [ref. 32989], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:30 [ref. 37983]). •Synonym of Chanos chanos (Fabricius 1775) -- (Fricke et al. 2024:156 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Synonym of Chanos chanos (Fabricius 1775). Chanidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

elongata, Lutodira (Chanos) Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1859:412 [Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1859; ref. 18542] Sandwich Island [Hawaiian Islands or Vanuatu]. No types known. •Synonym of Chanos chanos (Forsskål 1775) -- (Kottelat 2013:65 [ref. 32989], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:31 [ref. 37983]). •Synonym of Chanos chanos (Fabricius 1775). Current status: Synonym of Chanos chanos (Fabricius 1775). Chanidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

gardineri, Chanos Regan [C. T.] 1902:280 [The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes. Being the Account of the Work Carried on and of the Collections Made by an Expedition During the Years 1899 and 1900 v. 1, pt 3; ref. 14336] North pool of Hulule Island, Male Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean. Syntypes: (3) BMNH 1901.12.21.141-142 (2). •Synonym of Chanos chanos (Forsskål 1775) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:150 [ref. 20764], Kottelat 2013:65 [ref. 32989], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:31 [ref. 37983]). •Synonym of Chanos chanos (Fabricius 1775). Current status: Synonym of Chanos chanos (Fabricius 1775). Chanidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

indica, Lutodeira van Hasselt [J. C.] 1823:330 [Algemeene Konst- en Letter-bode voor het Jaar I Deel (no. 21); ref. 5105] Vizagapatam, India; Java, Indonesia. No types known. Possible types: RMNH 3369 (1). An available name based in part on Russel, 1803, II, p. 84, pl. CCVII (see Alfred 1961:84, Pl. 7 [ref. 20553], Kottelat 1987:370 [ref. 5962]). Also in van Hasselt 1824:92 [ref. 5104]. •Synonym of Chanos chanos (Forsskål 1775) -- (Kottelat 2013:65 [ref. 32989], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:30 [ref. 37983]). •Synonym of Chanos chanos (Fabricius 1775). Current status: Synonym of Chanos chanos (Fabricius 1775). Chanidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

lubina, Chanos Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:199, Pl. 567 [not 533] [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 19; ref. 4883] Buru Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Lectotype: MNHN A-9827. Paralectotypes: MNHN A-9828 (1) Mauritias, A-9829 (3) Seychelles. Type catalog: Bertin 1940:277 [ref. 293] with MNHN A.9827 as figured holotype; MNHN A.9827 designated lectotype by Eschmeyer 1998:945 [ref. 23416]. •Synonym of Chanos chanos (Forsskål 1775) -- (Arnoult 1984:128 [ref. 6179], Fricke 1999:81 [ref. 24106], Kottelat 2013:65 [ref. 32989], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:30 [ref. 37983]). •Synonym of Chanos chanos (Fabricius 1775). Current status: Synonym of Chanos chanos (Fabricius 1775). Chanidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

maderaspatensis, Butirinus Jerdon [T. C.] 1849:344 [Madras Journal of Literature and Science v. 15 (pt 2); ref. 4902] Madras [= Chennai], India. No types known. •Synonym of Chanos chanos (Forsskål 1775) -- (Kottelat 2013:65 [ref. 32989], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:31 [ref. 37983]). •Synonym of Chanos chanos (Fabricius 1775). Current status: Synonym of Chanos chanos (Fabricius 1775). Chanidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

mento, Chanos Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:194 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 19; ref. 4883] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-3627 (1), 0000-3628 (2), 0000-3629 (2). Type catalog: Bertin 1940:276 [ref. 293]. •Synonym of Chanos chanos (Forsskål 1775) -- (Arnoult 1984:128 [ref. 6179], Fricke 1999:81 [ref. 24106], Kottelat 2013:65 [ref. 32989], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:30 [ref. 37983]). •Synonym of Chanos chanos (Fabricius 1775). Current status: Synonym of Chanos chanos (Fabricius 1775). Chanidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

mossambica, Lutodeira (Chanos) Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1852:684 [Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1852; ref. 18539] Quisanga [Querimba], Mozambique. Holotype (unique): ZMB 6614. Also in Peters 1868:93, Pl. 20 (fig. 1) [ref. 3440]. •Synonym of Chanos chanos (Forsskål 1775) -- (Arnoult 1984:128 [ref. 6179], Kottelat 2013:65 [ref. 32989], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:31 [ref. 37983]). •Synonym of Chanos chanos (Fabricius 1775). Current status: Synonym of Chanos chanos (Fabricius 1775). Chanidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

nuchalis, Chanos Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:196 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 19; ref. 4883] Vizagapaham, India. No types known. Based on a drawing by Russell 1893:83, Pl. 207. •Synonym of Chanos chanos (Forsskål 1775) -- (Arnoult 1984:128 [ref. 6179], Kottelat 2013:65 [ref. 32989], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:30 [ref. 37983]). •Synonym of Chanos chanos (Fabricius 1775). Current status: Synonym of Chanos chanos (Fabricius 1775). Chanidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

oriental, Chanos Eydoux [J. F. T.] & Souleyet [F. A.] 1850:196, Pl. 7 (fig. 1) [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 4501] Not available; name used in vernacular on plate and mentioned in passing under Chanos cyprinella. •In the synonymy of Chanos chanos (Fabricius 1775). Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Chanos chanos (Fabricius 1775). Chanidae.

orientalis, Chanos Valenciennes [A.] (ex Kuhl) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:197 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 19; ref. 4883] Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): MNHN. •Synonym of Chanos chanos (Forsskål 1775) -- (Kottelat 2013:65 [ref. 32989], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:30 [ref. 37983]). •Synonym of Chanos chanos (Fabricius 1775). Current status: Synonym of Chanos chanos (Fabricius 1775). Chanidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

orientalis, Lutodeira Kuhl [H.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:197 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 19; ref. 4883] Not available, manuscript name mentioned in passing under Chanos orientalis Valenciennes. •In the synonymy of Chanos chanos (Fabricius 1775). Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Chanos chanos (Fabricius 1775). Chanidae.

pala, Cyprinus Cuvier [G.] 1829:276 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] Vizagapatam, India. No types known. Available from footnote as, "...Cypr. pala, N., Russ., 207" [Palah bontah, Russell 1803:84, Pl. 207]. •Synonym of Chanos chanos (Forsskål 1775) (Kottelat 2013:65 [ref. 32989], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:30 [ref. 37983]). •Synonym of Chanos chanos (Fabricius 1775). Current status: Synonym of Chanos chanos (Fabricius 1775). Chanidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

salmoneus, Mugil Forster [J. R.] in Bloch & Schneider 1801:121, xxxii [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Pacific [Tanna Island, Vanuatu]. No types known. Latinized in index on p. xxxii. Based on description in manuscript by Forster (Johann Reinhold Forster, 1729-1798, German explorer and naturalist of Cook's second voyage). •Synonym of Chanos chanos (Forsskål 1775) -- (Arnoult 1984:128 [ref. 6179], Dor 1984:50 [ref. 29757], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:150 [ref. 20764], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:139 [ref. 24550], Mundy 2005:149 [ref. 28379], Kottelat 2013:64 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2018:58 [ref. 35805], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:30 [ref. 37983]). •Synonym of Chanos chanos (Fabricius 1775) -- (Fricke et al. 2024:156 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Synonym of Chanos chanos (Fabricius 1775). Chanidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

salmonoides, Chanos Günther [A.] 1879:471 [Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London v. 168 (extra vol.); ref. 18203] Rodrigues Island, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Not available; an incorrect subsequent spelling of Mugil salmoneus Forster 1801, although Günther listed the species as "Chanos salmonoides, Bl[och]." •In the synonymy of Chanos chanos (Forsskål 1775) -- (Fricke 1999:81 [ref. 24106], Kottelat 2013:65 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Chanos chanos (Fabricius 1775). Misspelling. Current status: Synonym of Chanos chanos (Fabricius 1775). Chanidae.

tolo, Cyprinus Cuvier [G.] 1829:276 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] Vizagapatam, India. No types known. Available from footnote as, "C. tolo, N., Russ., 208" [Tooleloo, Russell 1803:85, Pl. 208]. •Synonym of Chanos chanos (Forsskål 1775) -- (Kottelat 2013:65 [ref. 32989], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:30 [ref. 37983]). •Synonym of Chanos chanos (Fabricius 1775). Current status: Synonym of Chanos chanos (Fabricius 1775). Chanidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

zeylonicus, Leuciscus Bennett [E. T.] 1833:184 [Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 1832 (pt 2); ref. 16789] Sri Lanka. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1855.12.26.288. Described in Cyprinidae, referred to Chanos by Günther 1868:473 [ref. 1990]. •Synonym of Chanos chanos (Forsskål 1775) -- (Kottelat 2013:65 [ref. 32989], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:30 [ref. 37983]). •Synonym of Chanos chanos (Fabricius 1775). Current status: Synonym of Chanos chanos (Fabricius 1775). Chanidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.