Chiasmodontidae
Black swallower, Chiasmodon niger
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Trachiniformes
Family: Chiasmodontidae
T. N. Gill, 1883
Genera[1]

Chiasmodon
Dysalotus
Kali
Pseudoscopelus

The Chiasmodontidae, snaketooth fishes or swallowers, are a family of deep-sea percomorph fishes, part of the order Trachiniformes, known from oceans worldwide.

Pseudoscopelus scriptus

Timeline

QuaternaryNeogenePaleogeneHolocenePleist.MioceneOligoceneEocenePaleocenePseudoscopelusQuaternaryNeogenePaleogeneHolocenePleist.MioceneOligoceneEocenePaleocene

References

Wikispecies has information related to Chiasmodontidae.
  • "Chiasmodontidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 March 2006.
  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). "Chiasmodontidae" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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