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

• 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

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...