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Chanos Lacepède 1803 tautonymous with Mugil chanos Fabricius 1775 (which Lacepède unnecessarily renamed as Chanos arabicus)

Chanos chanos (Fabricius 1775) possibly derived from chani, a Turkish name mentioned by Forsskål for variety “b” of a fish (possibly a serranid from the Mediterranean) that Fabricius applied to variety “a” (this milkfish, described from the Red Sea) [authorship often given as (Forsskål 1775); claims that the name is derived from the Greek chános (χάνος), “open mouth,” are without merit]