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| Kali indica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scombriformes |
| Family: | Chiasmodontidae |
| Genus: | Kali Lloyd, 1909 |
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| Kali indica Lloyd, 1909 | |
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Kali is a genus of snaketooth fishes, deep ocean fish from the family Chiasmodontidae.
Etymology
The genus is named after the Hindu goddess of time, change and destruction, Kali.
Species
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:
- Kali colubrina M. R. S. de Melo, 2008
- Kali falx M. R. S. de Melo, 2008
- Kali indica Lloyd, 1909
- Kali kerberti (M. C. W. Weber, 1913)
- Kali macrodon (Norman, 1929)
- Kali macrura (A. E. Parr, 1933)
- Kali parri R. K. Johnson & Cohen, 1974
References
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Kali". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Kali". FishBase. February 2018 version.
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