Chiasmodontidae
| Chiasmodontidae | |
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| Black swallower, Chiasmodon niger | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Trachiniformes |
| Family: | Chiasmodontidae T. N. Gill, 1883 |
| Genera[1] | |
The Chiasmodontidae, snaketooth fishes or swallowers, are a family of deep-sea percomorph fishes, part of the order Trachiniformes, known from oceans worldwide.
Timeline[]
References[]
- "Chiasmodontidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 March 2006.
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). "Chiasmodontidae" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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Wikispecies has information related to Chiasmodontidae. |
Categories:
- Chiasmodontidae
- Trachiniformes
- Marine fish families
- Taxa named by Theodore Gill