Chiasmodontidae
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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.
Species
snaketooth fishes
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyChiasmodontidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded7,083
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 193
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Chiasmodontidae
- Collections
- ICML-UNAM, USNM, SIO, MCZ, VIMS
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, South Africa, Sao Tome And Principe, High Seas, Angola, Gabon
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Encyclopedic overview
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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.
As suggested by their common name, they are characterized by their ability to engulf prey larger than themselves, due to their highly distensible stomachs.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chiasmodontidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.