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Chiasmodontidae

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Family of ray-finned fishes

Chiasmodontidae
Temporal range: Oligocene - Present, 33.9–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Black swallower, Chiasmodon niger
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Suborder: Scombroidei
Family: Chiasmodontidae
T. N. Gill, 1883
Genera

Chiasmodon
Dysalotus
Kali
Pseudoscopelus

The Chiasmodontidae, snaketooth fishes or swallowers, are a family of deep-sea predatory ray-finned fishes, part of the order Scombriformes, that are found in all oceans.

Pseudoscopelus scriptus

References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Chiasmodontidae". FishBase. February 2013 version.

Sources

  • "Chiasmodontidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 March 2006.
  • Melo, M. R. S. (2009). Revision of the Genus Chiasmodon (Acanthomorpha: Chiasmodontidae), with the Description of Two New Species. Copeia, 2009(3), 583–608.
  • Rodrigues-Oliviera, I., Pasa, R., Menegidio, F., & Kavalco, K. (2022, June 24). Characterization of six new complete mitochondrial genomes of Chiasmodontidae (Scombriformes, Percomorpha) and considerations about the phylogenetic relationships of the family.
Taxon identifiers
Chiasmodontidae


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