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Chiasmodontidae
swarthy snaketooth
Chiasmodon subniger
Chiasmodontid Fish of the Pacific Ocean
swarthy snaketooth is known from Eastern Pacific, from Hawaii 155°30'W to the west coast as a marine fish. It occurs in deep water.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Chiasmodontidae
- Genus
- Chiasmodon
- Maximum length
- 3 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Eastern Pacific, from Hawaii 155°30'W to the west coast of North, Central and northern South America, from 48°N to 29°S (from Canada to northern Chile).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

