Family Chiasmodontidae - Snaketooth fishes
  Order
:
Chiasmodontidae Chiasmodontidae
  Class
:
Teleostei
No. in FishBase
:
Genera : 4 | Species : 32 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
  Environment
:
Fresh : No | Brackish : No | Marine : Yes
  Division
:
Marine
  Aquarium
:
none
  First Fossil Record
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  Remark
:
Oceanic. Premaxilla and maxilla elongate and slender, firmly fused distally. Premaxilla with the front tip dorsally expanded and diverging to the sides. Mouth and stomach very distensible. Two separate dorsal fins, first short with 7-8 flexible spines, second long with 18 to 29 segmented rays; anal fin long with 1 spine, 17-29 segmented rays; 33-48 vertebrae (Ref. 9848). Pseudoscopelus with photophores and sometimes placed in its own family. Suggested new common name for this family from Ref. 58418.
  Etymology
:
Greek, chiasma = cross + Greek, odous = tooth, teeth ( Ref. 45335).
  Reproductive guild
:
nonguarders
  Typical activity level
:
  Main Ref.
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  Coordinator
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  Deep Fin Classification
:
Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Neoteleostei | Eurypterygia | Ctenosquamata | Acanthomorphata | Acanthopterygii | Percomorphaceae | Pelagiaria | | | Scombriformes | | | Chiasmodontidae

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Ref.
[ e.g. 9948]
Glossary
[ e.g. cephalopods]


Species/Synonymy list for the family Chiasmodontidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Chiasmodon niger Johnson, 1864
acceptedseniororiginal
Chiasmodus niger (Johnson, 1863)
synonymseniornew
Ponerodon vastator Alcock, 1890
ambiguousotheroriginal
Chiasmodon bolangeri Osório, 1909
synonymjuniororiginal
Chiasmodon subniger Garman, 1899
acceptedseniororiginal
Chiasmodon braueri Weber, 1913
acceptedseniororiginal
Chiasmodon niger (non Johnson, 1864)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniorchange in rank
synonymseniororiginal
Chiasmodon lavenbergi Prokofiev, 2008
synonymjuniororiginal
Chiasmodon niger (non Johnson, 1864)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Chiasmodon asper Melo, 2009
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Pseudoscopelus sagamianus (non Tanaka, 1908)
misappliedmisappliedchange in rank
acceptedseniorchange in rank
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Pseudoscopelus spp. Not applicable
ambiguousotherother
synonymjuniororiginal
Chiasmodon niger (non Johnson, 1864)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Pseudoscopelus scriptus (non Lütken, 1892)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Pseudoscopelus aphos Prokofiev & Kukuev, 2005
acceptedseniororiginal
Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens Prokofiev & Kukuev, 2006
acceptedseniororiginal
Pseudoscopelus australis Prokofiev & Kukuev, 2006
acceptedseniororiginal
Pseudoscopelus albeolus Prokofiev & Kukuev, 2008
synonymjuniororiginal
Pseudoscopelus parini Prokofiev & Kukuev, 2006
acceptedseniororiginal
Pseudoscopelus vityazi Prokofiev & Kukuev, 2008
synonymjuniororiginal
Pseudoscopelus bothrorrhinos Melo, Walker & Klepadlo, 2007
acceptedseniororiginal
Pseudoscopelus lavenbergi Melo, Walker & Klepadlo, 2007
acceptedseniororiginal
Pseudoscopelus pierbartus Spitz, Quéro & Vayne, 2007
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Pseudoscopelus scriptus (non Lütken, 1892)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Dysalotus alcocki MacGilchrist, 1905
acceptedseniororiginal
Dysalotus oligoscolus Johnson & Cohen, 1974
acceptedseniororiginal
Dysalotus alcocki (non MacGilchrist, 1905)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Kali indica Lloyd, 1909
acceptedseniororiginal
Kali kerberti (Weber, 1913)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniornew
Kali normani (Parr, 1931)
synonymjuniornew
Kali macrodon (Norman, 1929)
acceptedseniornew
Dysalotus macrodon Norman, 1929
synonymseniororiginal
Dolichodon macrodon (Norman, 1929)
synonymseniornew
Hemicyclodon macrodon (Norman, 1929)
synonymseniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
Kali macrura (Parr, 1933)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Kali macrurus (Parr, 1933)
synonymseniornew
Kali parri Johnson & Cohen, 1974
acceptedseniororiginal
Kali colubrina Melo, 2008
acceptedseniororiginal
Kali caribbaea Prokofiev, 2008
synonymjuniororiginal
Kali falx Melo, 2008
acceptedseniororiginal
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