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). Current status: Synonym of Chanos chanos (Fabricius 1775). Chanidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.