Chiasmodontidae
Appearance
Chiasmodontidae | |
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Black swallower, Chiasmodon niger | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scombriformes |
Suborder: | Scombroidei |
Family: | Chiasmodontidae T. N. Gill, 1883 |
Genera[1] | |
The Chiasmodontidae, snaketooth fishes or swallowers, are a family of deep-sea percomorph fishes, part of the order Trachiniformes, known from oceans worldwide.
Timeline
References
- "Chiasmodontidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 March 2006.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Chiasmodontidae". FishBase. February 2013 version.
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