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 Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Trachiniformes
Family: Champsodontidae
Genus: Champsodon
Species:
C. vorax
Binomial name
Champsodon vorax
(Günther, 1867)
Synonyms[1]
  • Champsodon microphthalmus Regan, 1908

References edit

  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Champsodon vorax" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
  2. ^ Michel Bariche (2010). "Champsodon vorax (Teleostei: Champsodontidae), a new alien fish in the Mediterranean". Aqua International Journal of Ichthyology. 16 (4): 197–200. Archived from the original on 2018-03-30. Retrieved 2020-12-26.