Kali (fish)

Kali is a genus of snaketooth fishes, deep ocean fish from the family Chiasmodontidae.

Kali
Kali indica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Trachiniformes
Family:	Chiasmodontidae
Genus:	Kali Lloyd, 1909
Type species
Kali indica Lloyd, 1909
Synonyms[1]
Dolichodon Parr 1931 Gargaropteron J.L.B Smith, 1965 Hemicyclodon Parr, 1931 Odontonema Weber 1913

Etymology

The genus is named after the Hindu goddess of time, change and destruction, Kali.[2]

Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:[1]

• Kali colubrina M. R. S. de Melo, 2008
• Kali falx M. R. S. de Melo, 2008
• Kali indica Lloyd, 1909
• Kali kerberti (M. C. W. Weber, 1913)
• Kali macrodon (Norman, 1929)
• Kali macrura (A. E. Parr, 1933)
• Kali parri R. K. Johnson & Cohen, 1974

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Kali". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Kali in FishBase. February 2018 version.