Champsodon

Champsodon is the sole genus in the family Champsodontidae.^[2] These fishes, the crocodile toothfishes, are native to the Indo-Pacific region.

Champsodon Temporal range: Middle Eocene to present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
C. fimbriatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acropomatiformes
Family:	Champsodontidae Jordan & Snyder, 1902[1]
Genus:	Champsodon Günther, 1867
Type species
Champsodon vorax Günther, 1867
Synonyms
Centropercis Ogilby, 1895

Although Champsodon is the only extant genus of this family, a close relative is known in the extinct †Eochampsodon Bannikov, 2004 from the Middle Eocene (Bartonian) of the North Caucasus, Russia.^[3]

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:^[4]

• Champsodon atridorsalis Ochiai & I. Nakamura, 1964
• Champsodon capensis Regan, 1908 (gaper)
• Champsodon fimbriatus C. H. Gilbert, 1905
• Champsodon guentheri Regan, 1908 (Günther's sabre-gills)
• Champsodon longipinnis Matsubara & Amaoka, 1964
• Champsodon machaeratus Nemeth, 1994
• Champsodon nudivittis (J. D. Ogilby, 1895)
• Champsodon omanensis Regan, 1908
• Champsodon pantolepis Nemeth, 1994
• Champsodon sagittus Nemeth, 1994
• Champsodon sechellensis Regan, 1908
• Champsodon snyderi V. Franz, 1910
• Champsodon vorax Günther, 1867

In addition to the extinct †Eochampsodon, the following fossil Champsodon species are known:

• †Champsodon grossheimi (Daniltshenko, 1960) - Early Oligocene of North Caucasus, Russia.^[3]
• †Champsodon tethensis Bannikov, 2018 - Middle Eocene (Bartonian) of North Caucasus, Russia^[5]
• †Champsodon timaruensis Schwarzhans, 2019 - Early Miocene of New Zealand [otolith]^[6]