Champsodon

Short description: Genus of fishes

Champsodon

C. fimbriatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Trachiniformes
Family:  | Champsodontidae
Jordan & Snyder, 1902[1]
Genus:  | Champsodon
Günther, 1867
Type species
Champsodon vorax

Günther, 1867

Synonyms

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

1. ↑ "Champsodontidae Jordan & Snyder, 1902". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. 2017. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151407.
2. ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). "Champsodontidae" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
3. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Champsodon in FishBase. February 2013 version.

## External links

* Champsodontidae on World Register of Marine Species

Wikidata ☰ Q140950 entry

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