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
 * ?†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 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