Chanos chanos (Fabricius, 1775) .

Milkfish. To 180 cm (70.9 in) TL (Whitehead in Fischer et al. 1995). Indo-Pacific; western Pacific Ocean north to southern Japan (Nakabo in Nakabo 2002); San Pedro, southern California (Duffy and Bernard 1985) to Callao, Peru (Chirichigno and Vélez 1998), including Islas Galápagos (Grove and Lavenberg 1997). Marine, brackish, and fresh waters (Fricke et al. 2011); depth: 0–20 m (66 ft) (min.: Robertson and Allen 2008; max.: Mundy 2005).