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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Pelagiaria
Ordo: Scombriformes

Familia: Chiasmodontidae
Genera: Chiasmodon – Dysalotus – KaliPseudoscopelus
References

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2006. FishBase, version (02/2006). [1]
Imamura, H. & Odani, K. 2012. An overview of the phylogenetic relationships of the suborder Trachinoidei (Acanthomorpha: Perciformes). Ichthyological Research, published online: 24 August 2012, DOI: 10.1007/s10228-012-0304-0 Reference page.

Vernacular names
čeština: Zubatkovití
Deutsch: Schwarze Schlinger
lietuvių: Didžiažiotinės
polski: Paszczękowate

The Chiasmodontidae, snaketooth fishes or swallowers, are a family of deep-sea predatory ray-finned fishes, part of the order Scombriformes, that are found in all oceans.
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References

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Chiasmodontidae". FishBase. February 2013 version.

Sources

"Chiasmodontidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 March 2006.
Melo, M. R. S. (2009). Revision of the Genus Chiasmodon (Acanthomorpha: Chiasmodontidae), with the Description of Two New Species. Copeia, 2009(3), 583–608.
Rodrigues-Oliviera, I., Pasa, R., Menegidio, F., & Kavalco, K. (2022, June 24). Characterization of six new complete mitochondrial genomes of Chiasmodontidae (Scombriformes, Percomorpha) and considerations about the phylogenetic relationships of the family.

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