Champsodon
| Champsodon Temporal range:
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| C. fimbriatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acropomatiformes |
| Family: | Jordan & Snyder, 1902[1] |
| Genus: | Günther, 1867 |
| Type species | |
| Champsodon vorax Günther, 1867
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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.
Although Champsodon is the only extant genus of this family, a close relative is known in the extinct Eochampsodon Bannikov, 2004 from the Middle Eocene (Bartonian) of the North Caucasus, Russia.[3]
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[4]
- 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
In addition, a single extinct species, Champsodon grossheimi (Daniltshenko, 1960) is known from the Early Oligocene of the North Caucasus, Russia.[3]
References
- ^ Bailly N, ed. (2017). "Champsodontidae Jordan & Snyder, 1902". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Champsodontidae". FishBase. February 2013 version.
- ^ a b A.f, Bannikov (2004). "DISCOVERY OF A CHAMPSODONTID (PISCES, TELEOSTEI, PERCIFORMES) IN THE EOCENE OF THE NORTHERN CAUCASUS". Paleontological Journal. 38 (3): 311–315. ISSN 0031-0301.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Champsodon". FishBase. February 2013 version.
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