Chiasmodontidae

Chiasmodontidae Temporal range: Oligocene - Present, 33.9–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Black swallower, Chiasmodon niger
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scombriformes
Suborder:	Scombroidei
Family:	Chiasmodontidae T. N. Gill, 1883
Genera[1]
Chiasmodon Dysalotus Kali Pseudoscopelus

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.

Wikispecies has information related to Chiasmodontidae.

• "Chiasmodontidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 March 2006.
• Melo, M. R. S. (2009). Revision of the Genus Chiasmodon (Acanthomorpha: Chiasmodontidae), with the Description of Two New Species. Copeia, 2009(3), 583–608.
• Rodrigues-Oliviera, I., Pasa, R., Menegidio, F., & Kavalco, K. (2022, June 24). Characterization of six new complete mitochondrial genomes of Chiasmodontidae (Scombriformes, Percomorpha) and considerations about the phylogenetic relationships of the family.

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