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).[1]
| Chanidae | |
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| Chanos chanos | |
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| 110 million year old fossil †Dastilbe from Brazil | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gonorynchiformes |
| Suborder: | Chanoidea |
| Family: | Chanidae Günther, 1868 |
| Type genus | |
| Chanos Lacepède, 1803 | |
| Subfamilies | |
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Taxonomy
The family Chanidae is subdivided into two subfamilies, the Rubiesichthyinae, which comprises the extinct genera †Gordichthys, †Nanaichthys and †Rubiesichthys from the early Cretaceous, and the Chaninae which comprises the sole extant genus Chanos and the extinct genera †Dastilbe, †Parachanos and †Tharrhias, also from the early Cretacaeous.[2]
References
- R. Froese; D. Pauly, eds. (2017). "Chanos chanos (Forsskål, 1775) Milkfish". Fishbase. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- Nelson, Joseph, S. (2006). Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN 0-471-25031-7.
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