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Class: Teleostei
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Chiasmodontidae Snaketooth fishes

Genus: Chiasmodon

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7 species (see list below)
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Chiasmodon asper Pacific plate, north of H 17.9 SL 2009
Chiasmodon braueri Western Indian Ocean 4.4 SL 1913
Chiasmodon harteli Northeastern and western 19.8 SL 2009
Chiasmodon microcephalus Circumglobal in the south 11.5 TL 1929
Chiasmodon niger Black swallower North Atlantic 25 SL 1864
Chiasmodon pluriradiatus Atlantic, Indian, Southes 22.1 SL 1933
Chiasmodon subniger Eastern Pacific, from Haw 3 SL 1899



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