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

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