Chiasmodon niger

Chiasmodon niger

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scombriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Pelagiaria Ordo: Scombriformes

Familia: Chiasmodontidae
Genus: Chiasmodon
Species: Chiasmodon niger

Name

Chiasmodon niger (Johnson, 1864)

• Holotype (unique): BMNH 1863.12.12.4.
• Type locality: Madeira, eastern Atlantic.

Synonymy

• Chiasmodus niger ( Johnson, 1863)
  • Chiasmodon bolangeri (Osório, 1909

References

• Johnson, J.Y. 1864: Descriptions of three new genera of marine fishes obtained at Madeira. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1863 5: 403–410, Pl. 36 Reference page. 

Selected links

• Chiasmodon niger in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on July 10, 2014.
• Chiasmodon niger – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Chiasmodon niger in the World Register of Marine Species, accessed on July 10, 2014
• Chiasmodon niger in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.