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 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