Chanidae


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

Taxonomy

The family Chanidae is subdivided into two subfamilies, Rubiesichthyinae and Chaninae.
  • †Cabindachanos Taverne et al. 2019 - Paleocene
  • ?†Coelogaster Eastman, 1905 - 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 †Tharrhias D. S. Jordan & Branner 1908 - Early Cretaceous
  • * Genus †Vango Murray et al. 2023 - Late Cretaceous