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Family: Chiasmodontidae Snaketooth fishes



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32 species (see list below)

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Pacific plate, north of H
Max. Length 17.9 cm SL
 
Chiasmodon asper
[]
No picture found
Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 4.4 cm SL
 
Chiasmodon braueri
[]
No picture found
Northeastern and western
Max. Length 19.8 cm SL
 
Chiasmodon harteli
[]
No picture found
Circumglobal in the south
Max. Length 11.5 cm TL
 
Chiasmodon microcephalus
[]

Photo by Román Marcote, E.

North Atlantic
Max. Length 25 cm SL
Chiasmodon niger Johnson, 1864

Photo by Román Marcote, E.
 
Chiasmodon niger
[Black swallower]
No picture found
Atlantic, Indian, Southes
Max. Length 22.1 cm SL
 
Chiasmodon pluriradiatus
[]
No picture found
Eastern Pacific, from Haw
Max. Length 3 cm SL
 
Chiasmodon subniger
[]

Photo by SFSA

Atlantic, Indian and Paci
Max. Length 22.5 cm SL
Dysalotus alcocki MacGilchrist, 1905

Photo by SFSA
 
Dysalotus alcocki
[]

Photo by SFSA

Atlantic, Indian and Paci
Max. Length 22.7 cm SL
Dysalotus oligoscolus Johnson & Cohen, 1974

Photo by SFSA
 
Dysalotus oligoscolus
[]
No picture found
Western Atlantic (88°45â
Max. Length 17.1 cm SL
 
Kali colubrina
[]
No picture found
Atlantic, Indian and Paci
Max. Length 16.4 cm SL
 
Kali falx
[]

Photo by SFSA

Circumglobal in equatoria
Max. Length 26.2 cm SL
Kali indica Lloyd, 1909

Photo by SFSA
 
Kali indica
[]

Photo by SFSA

Circumglobal
Max. Length 19.3 cm SL
Kali kerberti (Weber, 1913)

Photo by SFSA
 
Kali kerberti
[]

Photo by SFSA

Atlantic, Indian and Paci
Max. Length 26 cm SL
Kali macrodon (Norman, 1929)

Photo by SFSA
 
Kali macrodon
[]

Photo by SFSA

Atlantic, Indian and Paci
Max. Length 12.3 cm SL
Kali macrura (Parr, 1933)

Photo by SFSA
 
Kali macrura
[]

Photo by SFSA

South Atlantic
Max. Length 22.8 cm SL
Kali parri Johnson & Cohen, 1974

Photo by SFSA
 
Kali parri
[]

Photo by Orlov, A.

Circum sub- and tropical
Max. Length 20 cm SL
Pseudoscopelus altipinnis Parr, 1933

Photo by Orlov, A.
 
Pseudoscopelus altipinnis
[]
No picture found
Nowthwestern Atlantic
Max. Length 14.5 cm SL
 
Pseudoscopelus aphos
[]
No picture found
North Atlantic
Max. Length 15 cm SL
 
Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens
[]
No picture found
Southern Oceans. Subtropi
Max. Length 17 cm SL
 
Pseudoscopelus australis
[]
No picture found
Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 5.5 cm SL
 
Pseudoscopelus bothrorrhinos
[]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 8.9 cm SL
 
Pseudoscopelus cephalus
[]
No picture found
Eastern South and Central
Max. Length 9.7 cm SL
 
Pseudoscopelus cordilluminatus
[]
No picture found
Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 18.1 cm SL
 
Pseudoscopelus lavenbergi
[]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific.
Max. Length 18 cm SL
 
Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons
[]
No picture found
Pacific Plate.
Max. Length 7.0 cm SL
 
Pseudoscopelus odontoglossum
[]
No picture found
Western Pacific
Max. Length 16.8 cm SL
 
Pseudoscopelus parini
[]
No picture found
Southwest Pacific
Max. Length 22.8 cm SL
 
Pseudoscopelus paxtoni
[]
No picture found
North Atlantic
Max. Length 13.8 cm SL
 
Pseudoscopelus pierbartus
[]
No picture found
Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 21.5 cm SL
 
Pseudoscopelus sagamianus
[]

Photo by Bañón Díaz, R.

Western Atlantic, United
Max. Length 15.5 cm SL
Pseudoscopelus scriptus Lütken, 1892

Photo by Bañón Díaz, R.
 
Pseudoscopelus scriptus
[]
No picture found
Central Atlantic. Needs
Max. Length 5.1 cm SL
 
Pseudoscopelus scutatus
[]
32 Species of Family Chiasmodontidae
(Snaketooth fishes)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
2009 Chiasmodon asper Pacific plate, north of H 17.9 SL
1913 Chiasmodon braueri Western Indian Ocean 4.4 SL
2009 Chiasmodon harteli Northeastern and western 19.8 SL
1929 Chiasmodon microcephalus Circumglobal in the south 11.5 TL
1864 Chiasmodon niger Black swallower North Atlantic 25 SL
1933 Chiasmodon pluriradiatus Atlantic, Indian, Southes 22.1 SL
1899 Chiasmodon subniger Eastern Pacific, from Haw 3 SL
1905 Dysalotus alcocki Atlantic, Indian and Paci 22.5 SL
1974 Dysalotus oligoscolus Atlantic, Indian and Paci 22.7 SL
2008 Kali colubrina Western Atlantic (88°45â 17.1 SL
2008 Kali falx Atlantic, Indian and Paci 16.4 SL
1909 Kali indica Circumglobal in equatoria 26.2 SL
1913 Kali kerberti Circumglobal 19.3 SL
1929 Kali macrodon Atlantic, Indian and Paci 26 SL
1933 Kali macrura Atlantic, Indian and Paci 12.3 SL
1974 Kali parri South Atlantic 22.8 SL
1933 Pseudoscopelus altipinnis Circum sub- and tropical 20 SL
2005 Pseudoscopelus aphos Nowthwestern Atlantic 14.5 SL
2006 Pseudoscopelus astronesthidens North Atlantic 15 SL
2006 Pseudoscopelus australis Southern Oceans. Subtropi 17 SL
2007 Pseudoscopelus bothrorrhinos Indo-Pacific 5.5 SL
1934 Pseudoscopelus cephalus Western Central Pacific 8.9 SL
2010 Pseudoscopelus cordilluminatus Eastern South and Central 9.7 SL
2007 Pseudoscopelus lavenbergi Eastern Pacific 18.1 SL
1934 Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons Western Central Pacific. 18 SL
2010 Pseudoscopelus odontoglossum Pacific Plate. 7.0 SL
2006 Pseudoscopelus parini Western Pacific 16.8 SL
2010 Pseudoscopelus paxtoni Southwest Pacific 22.8 SL
2007 Pseudoscopelus pierbartus North Atlantic 13.8 SL
1908 Pseudoscopelus sagamianus Indo-West Pacific 21.5 SL
1892 Pseudoscopelus scriptus Western Atlantic, United 15.5 SL
1971 Pseudoscopelus scutatus Central Atlantic. Needs 5.1 SL



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