Chanidae

Chanidae

Chanidae

Family of fishes


Chanidae is a family of fishes which has a number of fossil genera and one monotypic extant genus which contains the milkfish (Chanos chanos).[3]

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Taxonomy

The family Chanidae is subdivided into two subfamilies, Rubiesichthyinae and Chaninae.[4]

  • Cabindachanos Taverne et al. 2019 - Paleocene[5]
  • 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[6]
    • Genus †Caeus Costa 1860 - Early Cretaceous[7]
    • Genus Chanos Lacépède 1803 - Eocene to present
    • Genus †Dastilbe Jordan 1910 - Early Cretaceous
    • Genus †Francischanos Ribeiro et al. 2022 - Early Cretaceous[8]
    • Genus †Parachanos Arambourg & Schneegans 1935 - Early Cretaceous
    • Genus †Tharrhias Jordan & Branner 1908 - Early Cretaceous
    • Genus †Vango Murray et al. 2023 - Late Cretaceous[9]

References

  1. Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675. Archived from the original on 2021-03-10. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Chanidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  3. R. Froese; D. Pauly, eds. (2017). "Chanos chanos (Forsskål, 1775) Milkfish". Fishbase. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  4. Nelson, Joseph, S. (2006). Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN 0-471-25031-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. Diogo, Francisco José Poyato-Ariza, Terry Grande, Rui (2010), "Gonorynchiform Interrelationships: Historic Overview, Analysis, and Revised Systematics of the Group", Gonorynchiformes and Ostariophysan Relationships, CRC Press, doi:10.1201/b10194-7/gonorynchiform-interrelationships-historic-overview-analysis-revised-systematics-group-francisco-jos%C3%A9-poyato-ariza-terry-grande-rui-diogo, ISBN 978-0-429-06156-1, retrieved 2024-02-06{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. Murray, Alison M.; Brinkman, Donald B.; Friedman, Matt; Krause, David W. (2023-10-17). "A large, freshwater chanid fish (Ostariophysi: Gonorynchiformes) from the Upper Cretaceous of Madagascar". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. doi:10.1080/02724634.2023.2255630. ISSN 0272-4634.

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