Chiasmodontidae

The Chiasmodontidae, snaketooth fishes or swallowers, are a family of deep-sea predatory percomorph fishes, part of the order Trachiniformes that are found in all oceans

Pseudoscopelus scriptus

Chiasmodontidae Temporal range: Oligocene - Present, 33.9–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Black swallower, Chiasmodon niger
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scombriformes
Suborder:	Scombroidei
Family:	Chiasmodontidae T. N. Gill, 1883
Genera[1]
Chiasmodon Dysalotus Kali Pseudoscopelus

The Chiasmadon is part of the genus of meso- and bathypelagic fish. These fish inhabit many waters, including the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, and Southern Oceans. This species is known to have adapted to live in the deep seas, typically at the 200 m depth.

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Chiasmodontidae". FishBase. February 2013 version.

Sources

• "Chiasmodontidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 March 2006.
• Melo, M. R. S. (2009). Revision of the Genus Chiasmodon (Acanthomorpha: Chiasmodontidae), with the Description of Two New Species. Copeia, 2009(3), 583–608.
• Rodrigues-Oliviera, I., Pasa, R., Menegidio, F., & Kavalco, K. (2022, June 24). Characterization of six new complete mitochondrial genomes of Chiasmodontidae (Scombriformes, Percomorpha) and considerations about the phylogenetic relationships of the family.