Chiasmodontidae

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
	Chiasmodon; Dysalotus; Kali; Pseudoscopelus

The Chiasmodontidae, snaketooth fishes or swallowers, are a family of deep-sea predatory ray-finned fishes, part of the order Scombriformes, that are found in all oceans.

References

^ 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.

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

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