Chanidae is a family of fishes which has a number of fossil genera and one monotypic extant genus which contains the

milkfish The milkfish (''Chanos chanos'') is a widespread species of ray-finned fish found throughout the Indo-Pacific. It is the sole living species in the family Chanidae, and the only living member of the genus ''Chanos''. The repeating scientific na ...

(''Chanos chanos'').

Taxonomy

The family Chanidae is subdivided into two subfamilies, Rubiesichthyinae and Chaninae. * †'' Cabindachanos'' Taverne et al. 2019 -

Paleocene The Paleocene ( ), or Palaeocene, is a geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 66 to 56 mya (unit), million years ago (mya). It is the first epoch of the Paleogene Period (geology), Period in the modern Cenozoic Era (geology), ...

* ?†'' 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 The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 143.1 to 66 mya (unit), million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era (geology), Era, as well as the longest. At around 77.1 million years, it is the ...

** 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 David Starr Jordan (January 19, 1851 – September 19, 1931) was the founding president of Stanford University, serving from 1891 to 1913. He was an ichthyologist during his research career. Prior to serving as president of Stanford Universi ...

1910 - Early Cretaceous ** Genus †'' Francischanos'' Ribeiro ''et al.'' 2022 - Early Cretaceous ** Genus †'' Parachanos'' Arambourg & Schneegans 1935 - Early Cretaceous ** Genus †''

Tharrhias ''Tharrhias'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous epoch. The type species ''T. araripis'' is named after the Araripe Basin, in which it was found in sediments of the Santana Form ...

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

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q12811045 Marine fish families Taxa named by Albert Günther Otocephala families Extant Berriasian first appearances