milkfish - Milkfish have a generally symmetrical and streamlined appearance, with a sizable forked caudal fin. They can grow to 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) but are most often about 1 metre (39 in) in length. They have no teeth and generally feed on algae and invertebrates. They occur in the Indian Ocean and across the Pacific Ocean, tending to school around coasts and islands with reefs. The young fry live at sea for two to three weeks and then migrate to mangrove swamps, estuaries, and sometimes lakes and return to sea to mature sexually and reproduce. The milkfish is an important seafood in Southeast Asia and some Pacific Islands. Because milkfish is notorious for being much bonier than other food fish, deboned milkfish, called 'boneless bangus' (bangus is the local name) in the Philippines, has become popular in stores and markets. Another popular presentation of milkfish in Indonesia is 'bandeng presto' (ikan 'bandeng' is the Indonesian name for milkfish) from Central Java. Bandeng Presto is milkfish pressure cooked until the bones are rendered tender.