Chiasmodontidae
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Chiasmodontidae, the snaketooth fishes, is a family of deep-sea fishes in the order Perciformes
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Perciformes
The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, is one of the largest orders of vertebrates, containing about 40% of all bony fish. Perciformes means perch-like. They belong to the class of ray-finned fish and comprise over 7,000 species found in almost all aquatic environments...
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Species
There are 22 species in four genera:- Genus Chiasmodon Johnson, 1864
- Chiasmodon bolangeri Osório, 1909.
- Chiasmodon braueri Weber, 1913.
- Chiasmodon lavenbergi Prokofiev, 2008.
- Black swallowerBlack swallowerThe black swallower, Chiasmodon niger, is a species of deep sea fish in the family Chiasmodontidae, notable for its ability to swallow fish larger than itself ....
, Chiasmodon niger Johnson, 1864. - Chiasmodon subniger Garman, 1899.
- Genus Dysalotus MacGilchrist, 1905
- Dysalotus alcocki MacGilchrist, 1905.
- Dysalotus oligoscolus Johnson & Cohen, 1974.
- Genus Kali Lloyd, 1909
- Kali colubrina Melo, 2008.
- Kali falx Melo, 2008.
- Kali indica Lloyd, 1909.
- Kali kerberti (Weber, 1913) - formerly K. normani
- Kali macrodon (Norman, 1929).
- Kali macrurus (Parr, 1933).
- Kali parri Johnson & Cohen, 1974.
- Genus Pseudoscopelus Lütken, 1892
- Pseudoscopelus altipinnis Parr, 1933.
- Pseudoscopelus bothrorrhinos Melo, Walker & Klepadlo, 2007.
- Pseudoscopelus cephalus Fowler, 1934.
- Pseudoscopelus lavenbergi Melo, Walker & Klepadlo, 2007.
- Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons (Fowler, 1934).
- Pseudoscopelus sagamianus Tanaka, 1908.
- Pseudoscopelus scriptus Lütken, 1892.
- Pseudoscopelus scutatus Krefft, 1971.
- Pseudoscopelus stellatus Beebe, 1932.