Showing Food Milkfish
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| Name | Milkfish | ||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Chanos chanos | ||||||||||
| Description | The milkfish (Chanos chanos) is the sole living species in the family Chanidae. (About seven extinct species in five additional genera have been reported. ) The Hawaiian name is awa, without initial glottal stop, not to be confused with ‘awa, with initial glottal stop, the name for Kava (Piper methysticum). | ||||||||||
| Primary ID | FOOD00408 | ||||||||||
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| Classification | |||||||||||
| Group | Aquatic foods | ||||||||||
| Sub-Group | Fishes | ||||||||||
| Taxonomy | |||||||||||
| Superkingdom | Eukaryota | ||||||||||
| Kingdom | Metazoa | ||||||||||
| Phylum | Chordata | ||||||||||
| Class | Actinopteri | ||||||||||
| Order | Gonorynchiformes | ||||||||||
| Family | Chanidae | ||||||||||
| Genus | Chanos | ||||||||||
| Species | chanos | ||||||||||
| Variety | Not Available | ||||||||||
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| ITIS ID | 162838 | ||||||||||
| Wikipedia ID | Milkfish | ||||||||||
| Composition | |||||||||||
| Compounds |
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| References | |||||||||||
| Content Reference | — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 2008. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 21. Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page. | ||||||||||