Champsodon
Champsodon is the sole genus in the family Champsodontidae. These fishes, the crocodile toothfishes, are native to the Indo-Pacific region.
Although Champsodon is the only extant genus of this family, a close relative is known in the extinct †Eochampsodon Bannikov, 2004 from the Middle Eocene of the North Caucasus, Russia.
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:- Champsodon atridorsalis Ochiai & I. Nakamura, 1964
- Champsodon capensis Regan, 1908
- Champsodon fimbriatus C. H. Gilbert, 1905
- Champsodon guentheri Regan, 1908
- Champsodon longipinnis Matsubara & Amaoka, 1964
- Champsodon machaeratus Nemeth, 1994
- Champsodon nudivittis
- Champsodon omanensis Regan, 1908
- Champsodon pantolepis Nemeth, 1994
- Champsodon sagittus Nemeth, 1994
- Champsodon sechellensis Regan, 1908
- Champsodon snyderi V. Franz, 1910
- Champsodon vorax Günther, 1867
- †Champsodon grossheimi - Early Oligocene of North Caucasus, Russia.
- †Champsodon tethensis Bannikov, 2018 - Middle Eocene of North Caucasus, Russia
- †Champsodon timaruensis Schwarzhans, 2019 - Early Miocene of New Zealand