Chanidae

Not to be confused with Channidae.

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: 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
Order:	Gonorynchiformes
Family:	Chanidae Günther, 1868[1]
Type genus
Chanos Lacepède, 1803[2]
Subfamilies
†Rubiesichthyinae Chaninae

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 †Tharrhias D. S. Jordan & Branner 1908 - Early Cretaceous
  • Genus †Vango Murray et al. 2023 - Late Cretaceous^[10]