Galapagos Species Database
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Chiasmodon niger
Black swallower
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Scombriformes
Family
Chiasmodontidae
Genus
Chiasmodon
Species
niger
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Chiasmodon bolangeri Osório, 1909, Chiasmodus niger (Johnson, 1863), Ponerodon vastator Alcock, 1890 (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Native
Distribution: North Atlantic: tropical and temperate; including Gulf of Mexico, from 95°W to 5°E, 46°N to 5°S. Southwestern Atlantic: Argentina (Froese and Pauly, 2021).
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- IUCN (2023) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-2 Https://www.iucnredlist.org
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"Galapagos Species Database, Chiasmodon niger", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=24804. Accessed 5 November 2026.