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]
Champsodon vorax | |
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Scientific 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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References
edit- ^ a b 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.