| Champsodontidae (Crocodile toothfishes) |
| 11 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
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pelagic-oceanic; depth range 0 - 335 m |
| Indo-West Pacific: Madagascar, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Australia (Ref. 30434). Recorded from Iskenderun Bay, Turkey probably entered the Mediterranean via ballast water (Ref. 85233). |
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Dorsal spines (total): 4-6; Dorsal soft rays (total): 18-23; Anal soft rays: 16-21. Chin naked. A row of 5 to 9 pairs of sensory papillae on dorsal surface of head from snout to interorbital. Sensory papillae between eyes not arranged in a semicircle. Ventral margin of pupil indented by tab of iris (Ref 12850). |
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Not Evaluated
(Ref. 96402)
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| harmless |
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Captured in Iskenderun Bay in 2008 and considered to have entered the Mediterranean via ballast water (Ref. 85233). Range extension, found in Finike Bay, eastern Mediterranean Sea (Ref. 88202). The high number of recent Lessepsian migrations on the eastern Mediterranean is more likely a result of the widening and deepening of the Suez canal, habitat degradation and other factors linked to climate change (Ref. 96897). Also Ref. 94612. |
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