Chiasmodontidae

Chiasmodontidae
Black swallower, Chiasmodon niger
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Chiasmodontidae
Genera
Chiasmodon Dysalotus Kali Pseudoscopelus See text for species.

Chiasmodontidae, the snaketooth fishes, is a family of deep-sea fishes in the order Perciformes.

Species

There are 22 species in four genera:

• Genus Chiasmodon Johnson, 1864
  • Chiasmodon bolangeri Osório, 1909.
  • Chiasmodon braueri Weber, 1913.
  • Chiasmodon lavenbergi Prokofiev, 2008.
  • Black swallower, Chiasmodon niger Johnson, 1864.
  • Chiasmodon subniger Garman, 1899.
• Genus Dysalotus MacGilchrist, 1905
  • Dysalotus alcocki MacGilchrist, 1905.
  • Dysalotus oligoscolus Johnson & Cohen, 1974.
• Genus Kali Lloyd, 1909
  • Kali colubrina Melo, 2008.
  • Kali falx Melo, 2008.
  • Kali indica Lloyd, 1909.
  • Kali kerberti (Weber, 1913) - formerly K. normani
  • Kali macrodon (Norman, 1929).
  • Kali macrurus (Parr, 1933).
  • Kali parri Johnson & Cohen, 1974.
• Genus Pseudoscopelus Lütken, 1892
  

  Pseudoscopelus scriptus
  • Pseudoscopelus altipinnis Parr, 1933.
  • Pseudoscopelus bothrorrhinos Melo, Walker & Klepadlo, 2007.
  • Pseudoscopelus cephalus Fowler, 1934.
  • Pseudoscopelus lavenbergi Melo, Walker & Klepadlo, 2007.
  • Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons (Fowler, 1934).
  • Pseudoscopelus sagamianus Tanaka, 1908.
  • Pseudoscopelus scriptus Lütken, 1892.
  • Pseudoscopelus scutatus Krefft, 1971.
  • Pseudoscopelus stellatus Beebe, 1932.

References

• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Chiasmodontidae" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
• "Chiasmodontidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=171084. Retrieved 25 March 2006.