Chanidae

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 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 Chanos Lacépède 1803 Genus †Dastilbe Jordan 1910 - Early Cretaceous Genus †Francischanos Ribeiro et al. 2022 - Early Cretaceous Genus †Parachanos Arambourg & Schneegans 1935 - Early Cretaceous Genus †Tharrhias Jordan & Branner 1908 - Early Cretaceous Genus †Vango Murray et al. 2023 - Late Cretaceous References