Kali (fish)
Kali | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Chiasmodontidae |
Genus: | Kali Lloyd, 1909 |
Type species | |
Kali indica Lloyd, 1909 |
Kali is a genus of snaketooth fishes.
Etymology
The genus is named after the Hindu goddess of time, change and destruction, Kali.
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
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Kali in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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