Family Chanidae Günther 1868

Name in prevailing recent practice

Lutodeires Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:179 [ref. 4883] (family) Lutodeira [published not in latinized form before 1900; not available, Article 11.7.2]

Lutodeirae Bleeker 1849:6 [ref. 320] (family) Lutodeira [genus inferred from the stem, Article 11.7.1.1; stem Lutodeir- confirmed by Bleeker 1859d:XXX [ref. 371]; family-group name not used as valid after 1899; family name sometimes seen as Lutodiridae]

Chanina Günther 1868:382, 473 [ref. 1990] (group) Chanos [ Chanidae used as valid by: Schultz with Stern 1948 [ref. 31938], McAllister 1968 [ref. 26854], Lindberg 1971 [ref. 27211], Nelson 1976 [ref. 32838], Lagler, Bardach, Miller & May Passino 1977, Daget, Gosse & Thys van den Audenaerde 1984 [ref. 6168], Nelson 1984 [ref. 13596], Duffy & Bernard 1985 [ref. 22646], Smith & Heemstra 1986 [ref. 5715], Paxton et al. 1989 [ref. 12442], Allen & Robertson 1994 [ref. 22193], Bagarinao 1999 [ref. 24730], Robins et al. 1991a [ref. 14237], Nelson 1994 [ref. 26204], Springer & Raasch 1995:102 [ref. 25656], Lee & Joo 1997 [ref. 25728], Eschmeyer 1998 [ref. 23416], Zhang 2001 [ref. 26586], Allen, Midgley & Allen 2002 [ref. 25930], Nelson et al. 2004 [ref. 27807], Springer & Johnson 2004 [ref. 33199], Hoese et al. 2006, Nelson 2006 [ref. 32486], Allen & Erdmann 2012 [ref. 31980]; family-name sometimes seen as Chanoidae]