Champsodon

Champsodon fimbriatus

The crocodile toothfish ( Champsodon ) (Size: champsai = crocodile, Odous = tooth) are a genus of small marine fish. They come in the tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific at depths of up to 0-1120 meters in front.

Features

Crocodile tooth fish are 7.5 to 14 inches long. Their ventral fins are extended flag-like and are located in front of the small pectoral fins. The first, supported by spines dorsal fin is short and tall, the second, weichstrahlige is long. They are supported by a total of five hard - and 17 to 20 soft rays. The anal fin has no fin spines and 17-20 soft rays.

System

The crocodile tooth fish belong in Betancur -R. and colleagues to the order Perciformes ( Perciformes ). In Near and staff they are the sister group of a sand cave fish ( Creediidae ) and the Hemerocoetinae formed clade.

Phylogeny

The extinct relatives Eochampsodon is known from the Eocene of the Northern Caucasus.

Species

There are 13 ways:

• Champsodon atridorsalis Ochiai & Nakamura in Matsubara, Ochiai, Amaoka & Nakamura, 1964
• Champsodon capensis Regan, 1908
• Champsodon fimbriatus Gilbert, 1905
• Champsodon guentheri Regan, 1908
• Champsodon longipinnis Matsubara & Amaoka in Matsubara, Ochiai, Amaoka & Nakamura, 1964
• Champsodon machaeratus Nemeth, 1994
• Champsodon nudivittis ( Ogilby, 1895)
• Champsodon omanensis Regan, 1908
• Champsodon pantolepis Nemeth, 1994
• Champsodon sagittus Nemeth, 1994
• Champsodon sechellensis Regan, 1908
• Champsodon snyderi Franz, 1910
• Champsodon vorax Günther, 1867