Chanidae

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Chanidae
Milkfish.jpg
Chanos chanos
Dastilbe (Alice Chodura) 1.JPG
110 million year old fossil †Dastilbe from Brazil
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gonorynchiformes
Suborder:
Family: Chanidae
Günther, 1868[1]
Type genus
Chanos
Subfamilies
  • †Rubiesichthyinae
  • Chaninae

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]

Taxonomy[]

The family Chanidae is subdivided into two subfamilies, the , which comprises the extinct genera †, † and †Rubiesichthys from the early Cretaceous, and the which comprises the sole extant genus Chanos and the extinct genera †Dastilbe, † and †Tharrhias, also from the early Cretacaeous.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. 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.
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