Champsodon

Champsodon
Temporal range: Middle Eocene to present
C. fimbriatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Acropomatiformes
Family: Champsodontidae
Jordan & Snyder, 1902
Genus: Champsodon
Günther, 1867
Type species
Champsodon vorax
Günther, 1867
Synonyms

Centropercis Ogilby, 1895

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

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.

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:

In addition to the extinct †Eochampsodon, the following fossil Champsodon species are known:

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.
  5. ↑ Alexandre F. Bannikov (2018). "Bartonian bony fish fauna (Uppermost Middle Eocene) of the North Caucasus (Pshekha River)". In S.V. Rozhnov (ed.). Proceedings of Paleontological Society. Volume I. pp. 7–14. ISBN 978-5-9500685-2-2.
  6. ↑ Werner Schwarzhans (2019). "Reconstruction of the fossil marine bony fish fauna (Teleostei) from the Eocene to Pleistocene of New Zealand by means of otoliths". Memorie della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano. 46: 3–326.