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Champsodontidae (Crocodile toothfishes)
Etymology: Champsodon: Greek, champso = crocodile, voracious predator + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 267 m (Ref. 30434). Tropical
Indo-West Pacific: Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, and Australia.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.0 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 559)
Spine dorsali (totale) : 4 - 6; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 18 - 23; Raggi anali molli: 16 - 21; Vertebre: 29 - 33. Distal third of first dorsal fin black. A row of 5 to 7 pairs of sensory papillae on dorsal surface of head from snout to interorbital. Sensory papillae between eyes not arranged in a semicircle (Ref 12850).
Rarely caught by trawl net (Ref. 559).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve
Nemeth, D., 1994. Systematics and distribution of fishes of the family Champsodontidae (Teleostei: Perciformes), with descriptions of three new species. Copeia 1994(2):347-371. (Ref. 30434)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES (Ref. 128078)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
115969): 19.3 - 28.1, mean 26.2 (based on 753 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5002 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00447 (0.00181 - 0.01102), b=3.12 (2.90 - 3.34), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 4.1 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).