Chanidae

Chanidae is a family of fishes which has a number of fossil genera and one monotypic extant genus which contains the milkfish (Chanos chanos).

Taxonomy

The family Chanidae is subdivided into two subfamilies, Rubiesichthyinae and Chaninae.

• †Cabindachanos <small>Taverne et al. 2019</small> - Paleocene
• ?†Coelogaster <small>Eastman, 1905</small> [Coelogaster <small>Agassiz 1835 nomen nudum</small> ; Coelogaster <small>Eastman 1905 non Schrank 1780 non Schoenherr 1837 non Schultze 1896</small> ; Ptericephalina <small>Lioy 1866; †</small>Eucoelogaster <small>White & Moy-Thomas 1940</small>] - Early Eocene
• Subfamily †Rubiesichthyinae <small>Poyata-Ariza 1996</small>
• Genus †Gordichthys <small>Poyata-Ariza 1994</small> - Early Cretaceous
• Genus †Nanaichthys <small>Amaral & Brito 2012</small>
• Genus †Rubiesichthys <small>Wenz 1984</small> - Early Cretaceous
• Subfamily Chaninae
• Genus †Aethalionopsis <small>Gaudant 1966</small> - Early Cretaceous
• Genus †Caeus <small>Costa 1860</small> - Early Cretaceous
• Genus Chanos <small>Lacépède 1803</small> - Eocene to present
• Genus †Dastilbe <small>D. S. Jordan 1910</small> - Early Cretaceous
• Genus †Francischanos <small>Ribeiro et al. 2022</small> - Early Cretaceous
• Genus †Parachanos <small>Arambourg & Schneegans 1935</small> - Early Cretaceous
• Genus †Prochanos <small>Bassani, 1882</small> - Late Cretaceous
• Genus †Tharrhias <small>D. S. Jordan & Branner 1908</small> - Early Cretaceous
• Genus †Vango <small>Murray et al. 2023</small> - Late Cretaceous

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