Champsodon

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Champsodon
Temporal range: Middle Eocene to present
Champsodon fimbriatus.jpg
C. fimbriatus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acropomatiformes
Family: Champsodontidae
Jordan & Snyder, 1902 [1]
Genus: Champsodon
Günther, 1867
Type species
Champsodon vorax
Günther, 1867
Synonyms

Centropercis Ogilby, 1895

Champsodon is the sole genus in the family Champsodontidae. [2] These fishes, the crocodile toothfishes, are native to the Indo-Pacific region.

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Although Champsodon is the only extant genus of this family, a close relative is known in the extinct Eochampsodon Bannikov, 2004 from the Middle Eocene (Bartonian) of the North Caucasus, Russia. [3]

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are: [4]

In addition, a single extinct species, Champsodon grossheimi (Daniltshenko, 1960) is known from the Early Oligocene of the North Caucasus, Russia. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Bailly N, ed. (2017). "Champsodontidae Jordan & Snyder, 1902". FishBase . World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Champsodontidae". FishBase . February 2013 version.
  3. 1 2 A.f, Bannikov (2004). "DISCOVERY OF A CHAMPSODONTID (PISCES, TELEOSTEI, PERCIFORMES) IN THE EOCENE OF THE NORTHERN CAUCASUS". Paleontological Journal. 38 (3): 311–315. ISSN   0031-0301.
  4. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Champsodon". FishBase . February 2013 version.


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