Gonorynchiformes

Taxobox
name = Gonorynchiformes
fossil_range = Early Cretaceous - Recent


image_caption = Milkfish, "Chanos chanos"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
superordo = Ostariophysi
ordo = Gonorynchiformes
subdivision_ranks = Families
subdivision =
Chanidae (milkfish)
Gonorynchidae (beaked salmons)
Kneriidae (shellears)
Phractolaemidae (hingemouths)

Gonorynchiformes is an order of ray-finned fish that includes the important food source, the milkfish ("Chanos chanos", family Chanidae), and a number of lesser-known types, both marine and freshwater.

The alternate spelling "Gonorhynchiformes", with an "h", is frequently seen but not official.

Gonorynchiformes have small mouths and no teeth. They are the sole group in the clade Anotophysi, a subgroup of the superorder Ostariophysi. They are characterized by a primitive Weberian apparatus formed by the first three vertebrae and one or more cephalic ribs.cite book | title = Fishes of the World | last = Nelson | first = Joseph, S. | publisher = John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | year = 2006 | id = ISBN 0471250317]

Taxonomy

Although many of the families are currently rather small, there are several fossil genera. Here is a listing of the groups of Gonorynchiformes including fossil fish with a short description.cite book | title = Fishes of the World | last = Nelson | first = Joseph, S. | publisher = John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | year = 2006 | id = ISBN 0471250317] They are listed in approximate order of how primitive their characteristics are.

Order Sorbininardiformes (extinct):: Family Sorbininardidae (extinct):::: "Sorbininardus" (extinct) - sister group to all other GonorynchiformesOrder Gonorynchiformes: Suborder Chanoidei:::: "Aethalinopsis" (extinct) - sister group to Chanidae from Early Cretaceous.:: Family Chanidae - milkfishes::: Subfamily Rubiesichthyinae (extinct):::: "Gordichthys" (extinct) - Early Cretaceous Chanid:::: "Rubiesichthys" (extinct) - Early Cretaceous Chanid::: Subfamily Chaninae:::: "Chanos" :::: "Dastilbe" (extinct) - Early Cretaceous Chanid:::: "Parachanos" (extinct) - Early Cretaceous Chanid:::: "Tharrhias" (extinct) - Early Cretaceous Chanid: Suborder Gonorynchoidei - beaked sandfishes:::: "Apulichthys" (extinct) - primitive sister group to Gonorynchoids.:: Family Gonorynchidae:::: "Notogoneus" (extinct) - from North America, Europe, Australia; some freshwater; Late Cretaceous to Oligocene; sister group to "Gonorynchus":::: "Charitosomus" (extinct) - Cretaceous Gonorynchid:::: "Judeichthys" (extinct):::: "Ramallichthys" (extinct):::: "Charitopsis" (extinct):::: "Gonorynchus" : Suborder Knerioidei:: Family Kneriidae:::: "Cromeria":::: "Grasseichthys":::: "Kneria":::: "Parakneria":: Family Phractolaemidae:::: "Phractolaemus"

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