Chanidae Temporal range: | |
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Chanos chanos | |
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110 million year old fossil † Dastilbe from Brazil | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gonorynchiformes |
Family: | Chanidae Günther, 1868 [1] |
Type genus | |
Chanos | |
Subfamilies | |
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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]
The family Chanidae is subdivided into two subfamilies, Rubiesichthyinae and Chaninae. [4] [ page needed ]