Chanidae

Chanidae Temporal range: Berriasian–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Chanos chanos
110 million year old fossil †Dastilbe from Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Division:	Teleostei
Order:	Gonorynchiformes
Family:	Chanidae Günther, 1868
Type genus
Chanos Lacepède, 1803
Subfamilies
†Rubiesichthyinae Chaninae

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.^{[page needed]}

• †Cabindachanos Taverne et al. 2019 - Paleocene
• ?†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
• 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
  • Genus †Caeus Costa 1860 - Early Cretaceous
  • Genus Chanos Lacépède 1803 - Eocene to present
  • Genus †Dastilbe D. S. Jordan 1910 - Early Cretaceous
  • Genus †Francischanos Ribeiro et al. 2022 - Early Cretaceous
  • Genus †Parachanos Arambourg & Schneegans 1935 - Early Cretaceous
  • Genus †Prochanos Bassani, 1882 - Late Cretaceous
  • Genus †Tharrhias D. S. Jordan & Branner 1908 - Early Cretaceous
  • Genus †Vango Murray et al. 2023 - Late Cretaceous