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Teleostei (teleosts) > Scombriformes (Mackerels) > Chiasmodontidae (Snaketooth fishes)
Etymology: Chiasmodon: Name from the Greek 'chiasmos' which means diagonally arranged, and 'odous' for tooth or teeth.
Eponymy: Professor Dr August Bernhard Brauer (1863–1917) was a German herpetologist and ichthyologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Weber.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; pelagic-oceanic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 150 - 2326 m. Deep-water

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri

Western Indian Ocean: Banda Sea (Ref. 12965). Eastern Atlantic: 05°05'N, 13°27'W (Ref. 6944).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 6944)

Found in the mesopelagic to bathypelagic zones (Ref. 82429).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Paxton, John | Collaborators

Johnson, R.K. and M.J. Keene, 1990. Chiasmodontidae. p. 899-904. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 6944)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 14 July 2014

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

FAO -

Chiasmodon braueri Weber, 1913