name: Milkfish

flavor_db_name_variants: milkfish

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Milkfish

id: 408

name_scientific: 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).

itis_id: 162838

wikipedia_id: Milkfish

picture_file_name: 413.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 68503

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:32:13.000Z

legacy_id: 440

food_group: Aquatic foods

food_subgroup: Fishes

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:40.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:05:24.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 29144

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00408