Champsodon vorax
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| Champsodon vorax | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acropomatiformes |
| Family: | Champsodontidae |
| Genus: | Champsodon |
| Species: | C. vorax
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| Binomial name | |
| Champsodon vorax (Günther, 1867)
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Champsodon vorax, also known as the greedy gaper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a crocodile toothfish belonging to the family Champsodontidae. It occurs in the Indo-West Pacific from Maldives, Australia, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia and Guam.[1] It has also been recorded in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Lebanon.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Champsodon vorax". FishBase. December 2019 version.
- ↑ Michel Bariche (2010). "Champsodon vorax (Teleostei: Champsodontidae), a new alien fish in the Mediterranean". Aqua International Journal of Ichthyology. 16 (4): 197–200. Archived from the original on 2018-03-30. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
