Biology:Kali (fish)

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Kali
Kali indica 2.jpg
Kali indica
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Trachiniformes
Family: Chiasmodontidae
Genus: Kali
Lloyd, 1909
Type species
Kali indica
Lloyd, 1909
Synonyms[1]
  • Dolichodon Parr 1931
  • Gargaropteron J.L.B Smith, 1965
  • Hemicyclodon Parr, 1931
  • Odontonema Weber 1913

Kali is a genus of snaketooth fishes, deep ocean fish from the family Chiasmodontidae.

Etymology

The genus is named after the Hindu goddess of time, change and destruction, Kali.[2]

Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Kali colubrina M. R. S. de Melo, 2008
  • Kali falx M. R. S. de Melo, 2008
  • Kali indica Lloyd, 1909
  • Kali kerberti (M. C. W. Weber, 1913)
  • Kali macrodon (Norman, 1929)
  • Kali macrura (A. E. Parr, 1933)
  • Kali parri R. K. Johnson & Cohen, 1974

References

Wikidata ☰ Q10542603 entry