Champsodon
Topic: Biology
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Champsodon | |
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| C. fimbriatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Trachiniformes |
| Family: | Champsodontidae Jordan & Snyder, 1902[1] |
| Genus: | Champsodon Günther, 1867 |
| Type species | |
| Champsodon vorax Günther, 1867
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| Synonyms | |
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Centropercis Ogilby, 1895 | |
Champsodon is the sole genus in the family Champsodontidae.[2] These fishes, the crocodile toothfishes, are native to the Indo-Pacific region.
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[3]
- Champsodon atridorsalis Ochiai & I. Nakamura, 1964
- Champsodon capensis Regan, 1908 (gaper)
- Champsodon fimbriatus C. H. Gilbert, 1905
- Champsodon guentheri Regan, 1908 (Günther's sabre-gills)
- Champsodon longipinnis Matsubara & Amaoka, 1964
- Champsodon machaeratus Nemeth, 1994
- Champsodon nudivittis (J. D. Ogilby, 1895)
- Champsodon omanensis Regan, 1908
- Champsodon pantolepis Nemeth, 1994
- Champsodon sagittus Nemeth, 1994
- Champsodon sechellensis Regan, 1908
- Champsodon snyderi V. Franz, 1910
- Champsodon vorax Günther, 1867
References
- ↑ "Champsodontidae Jordan & Snyder, 1902". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. 2017. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151407.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). "Champsodontidae" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Champsodon in FishBase. February 2013 version.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q140950 entry
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