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Champsodon

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Infraclass
  
Teleostei

Suborder
  
Trachinoidei

Higher classification
  
Trachinoidei

Order
  
Perciformes

Subphylum
  
Vertebrata

Superorder
  
Acanthopterygii

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

Champsodon wwwfishbaseorgimagesspeciesChsecu1jpg

Family
  
Champsodontidae C. H. Gilbert, 1903

Similar
  
Perciformes, Actinopterygii, Teleost, Trachinoidei, Bony fishes

Champsodon is the sole genus in the family Champsodontidae. These fishes, the crocodile toothfishes, are native to the Indo-Pacific region.

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:

  • 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

    Champsodon Wikipedia
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