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 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
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