The genus Kali Lloyd (Chiasmodontidae: Teleostei) with description of new two species, and the revalidation of K. kerberti Weber

Kali Lloyd is a very distinctive group of bathypelagic fishes with fragile bones in the cranium and recurved teeth, which are remarkably enlarged in some species. The genus has a worldwide distribution, being found in the subtropical to equatorial regions of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific; one sp...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Zootaxa
Main Author: MELO, MARCELO R. S.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Mangolia Press 2008
Subjects:
Fish
Snake-toothed swallower
deep-sea
bathypelagic
systematics
taxonomy
Southern Ocean
Pacific
Indian
Kali
Online Access:https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.1747.1.1
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1747.1.1
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Summary:Kali Lloyd is a very distinctive group of bathypelagic fishes with fragile bones in the cranium and recurved teeth, which are remarkably enlarged in some species. The genus has a worldwide distribution, being found in the subtropical to equatorial regions of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific; one species is also found in the Southern Ocean. In this taxonomic revision, seven species are considered valid, two of them described herein: K. indica; K. kerberti; K. macrodon; K. macrurus; K. parri; K. colubrina, new species; and K. falx, new species. Kali kerberti is re-evaluated as valid and the senior synonym of K. normani. A key for the species with updated maps of distribution are also given.

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