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.