Champsodon nudivittis
Champsodon nudivittis, also known as the nakedband gaper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a crocodile toothfish belonging to the family Champsodontidae. It occurs in the Indo-West Pacific from Madagascar, Indonesia, the Philippines and Australia.[1] It has also been recorded in Iskenderun Bay on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, it is likely that it reached the Mediterranean via ballast water.[2] It has since reach the Aegean Sea too.[3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Trachiniformes |
| Family: | Champsodontidae |
| Genus: | Champsodon |
| Species: | C. nudivittis |
| Binomial name | |
| Champsodon nudivittis (Ogilby, 1895) | |
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References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Champsodon nudivittis" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
- Erdoğan Çiçek & Murat Bilecenoglu (2009). "A new alien fish in the Mediterranean Sea: Champsodon nudivittis (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Champsodontidae)". Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria. 39 (1): 67–69. doi:10.3750/AIP2009.39.1.14.
- Okan Akyol; Vahdet Ünal (2015). "Occurrence of the Indo-Pacific Champsodon nudivittis (Perciformes, Champsodontidae) in the Bay of Gokova (Southern Aegean Sea, Turkey)". Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. doi:10.4194/1303-2712-v15_1_21.
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