Milkfish

he milkfish, (Chanos chanos), is an important food fish in Southeast Asia and is the sole living species in the family Chanidae.The fry are collected from rivers and raised in ponds where they grow very quickly and are then are sold either fresh, frozen, canned, or smoked.It is characterized by its pointed head, large eyes, small mouth, and disproportionate, enormous, slender, deeply forked caudal fin. The single pointed dorsal fin is midbody and the anal fin is small and well behind the dorsal fin. The pelvic fins, important for identification, originate behind the origin of the dorsal fin. The Milkfish has a prominent, straight lateral line that extends the length of the body and small scales with smooth skin. This is an easy species to identify.