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 was recorded in 2008 in Iskenderun Bay on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, likely introduced by ballast water.[2] It is now commonly found from Greece to Israel in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.[3][4]

Champsodon nudivittis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Trachiniformes
Family: Champsodontidae
Genus: Champsodon
Species:
C. nudivittis
Binomial name
Champsodon nudivittis
(Ogilby, 1895)
Synonyms[1]
  • Centropercis nudivittis Ogilby, 1895
  • Champsodon arafurensis Regan, 1908
  • Champsodon curtipes Fowler, 1943

References
  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Champsodon nudivittis" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
  2. 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.
  3. Atlas of Exotic Fishes in the Mediterranean Sea (Champsodon nudivittis). 2nd Edition. 2021. 366p. CIESM Publishers, Paris, Monaco.https://ciesm.org/atlas/fishes_2nd_edition/Champsodon_nudivittis.pdf
  4. 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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