Chanidae

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title: "Chanidae" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["chanidae", "marine-fish-families", "taxa-named-by-albert-günther", "otocephala-families", "extant-berriasian-first-appearances"] description: "Family of fishes" topic_path: "general/chanidae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanidae" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Family of fishes ::

| fossil_range = | image = Milkfish.jpg | image_caption = Chanos chanos | image2 = Dastilbe (Alice Chodura) 1.JPG | image2_caption = 110 million year old fossil †Dastilbe from Brazil | taxon = Chanidae | authority = Günther, 1868 | type_genus = Chanos | type_genus_authority = Lacepède, 1803 | subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies | subdivision = * †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.

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

References

References

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3. (2017). "''Chanos chanos'' (Forsskål, 1775) Milkfish". [[Fishbase]].
4. Nelson, Joseph S.. (2006). "Fishes of the World". John Wiley & Sons, Inc..
5. (2019-01-01). "Cabindachanos dartevellei gen. and sp. nov., a new chanid fish (Ostariophysi, Gonorynchiformes) from the marine Paleocene of Cabinda (Central Africa)". Geologica Belgica.
6. (2010). "Gonorynchiformes and Ostariophysan Relationships: A Comprehensive Review". CRC Press.
7. (2010). "Gonorynchiformes and Ostariophysan Relationships: A Comprehensive Review". CRC Press.
8. (2017). "Osteology and relationships of ''Caeus'' ("''Chanos''") ''leopoldi'' (Teleostei , Gonorynchiformes , Chanidae) from the marine Albian (Early Cretaceous) of Pietraroja (Campania , southern Italy)". Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona, Geologia Paleontologia Preistoria.
9. (2022-07-01). "Francischanos, a replacement genus for Dastilbe moraesi Silva-Santos, 1955, from the Quiricó Formation, Lower Cretaceous of the Sanfranciscana basin, Brazil (Ostariophysi: Gonorynchiformes)". Cretaceous Research.
10. (2023-10-17). "A large, freshwater chanid fish (Ostariophysi: Gonorynchiformes) from the Upper Cretaceous of Madagascar". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.

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