Kali (fish)

Kali
Kali indica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scombriformes
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

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

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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Kali". FishBase. February 2018 version.