Champsodon vorax

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
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acropomatiformes
Family:	Champsodontidae
Genus:	Champsodon
Species:	C. vorax
Binomial name
Champsodon vorax (Günther, 1867)
Synonyms[1]
Champsodon microphthalmus Regan, 1908