Chanidae
Family of fishes
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Chanidae is a family of fishes which has a number of fossil genera and one monotypic extant genus which contains the milkfish (Chanos chanos).[3]
| Chanidae Temporal range: | |
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| Chanos chanos | |
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| 110 million year old fossil †Dastilbe from Brazil | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gonorynchiformes |
| Family: | Chanidae Günther, 1868[1] |
| Type genus | |
| Chanos | |
| Subfamilies | |
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Taxonomy
The family Chanidae is subdivided into two subfamilies, Rubiesichthyinae and Chaninae.[4][page needed]
- †Cabindachanos Taverne et al. 2019 - Paleocene[5]
- ?†Coelogaster Eastman, 1905 [Coelogaster Agassiz 1835 nomen nudum ; Coelogaster Eastman 1905 non Schrank 1780 non Schoenherr 1837 non Schultze 1896 ; Ptericephalina Lioy 1866; †Eucoelogaster White & Moy-Thomas 1940] - Early Eocene[6]
- Subfamily †Rubiesichthyinae Poyata-Ariza 1996
- Genus †Gordichthys Poyata-Ariza 1994 - Early Cretaceous
- Genus †Nanaichthys Amaral & Brito 2012
- Genus †Rubiesichthys Wenz 1984 - Early Cretaceous
- Subfamily Chaninae
- Genus †Aethalionopsis Gaudant 1966 - Early Cretaceous[7]
- Genus †Caeus Costa 1860 - Early Cretaceous[8]
- Genus Chanos Lacépède 1803 - Eocene to present
- Genus †Dastilbe D. S. Jordan 1910 - Early Cretaceous
- Genus †Francischanos Ribeiro et al. 2022 - Early Cretaceous[9]
- Genus †Parachanos Arambourg & Schneegans 1935 - Early Cretaceous
- Genus †Prochanos Bassani, 1882 - Late Cretaceous[10]
- Genus †Tharrhias D. S. Jordan & Branner 1908 - Early Cretaceous
- Genus †Vango Murray et al. 2023 - Late Cretaceous[11]