Kali (fish)
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scombriformes |
| Family: | Chiasmodontidae |
| Genus: | Kali Lloyd, 1909 |
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| Kali indica Lloyd, 1909
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Kali is a genus of snaketooth fishes, deep ocean fish from the family Chiasmodontidae.
Etymology
[edit]The genus is named after the Hindu goddess of time, change and destruction, Kali.[2]
Species
[edit]There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Kali colubrina M. R. S. de Melo, 2008
- Kali falx M. R. S. de Melo, 2008
- Kali indica Lloyd, 1909
- Kali kerberti (M. C. W. Weber, 1913)
- Kali macrodon (Norman, 1929)
- Kali macrura (A. E. Parr, 1933)
- Kali parri R. K. Johnson & Cohen, 1974
References
[edit]- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Kali". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Kali". FishBase. February 2018 version.
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