Translingual

Chiasmodon niger (depiction)

Proper noun

Chiasmodontidae

1. A taxonomic family within the suborder Trachinoidei – certain deep-sea perciform fish.

Synonyms

• (family): Chiasmodus (obsolete)

Hyponyms

• (family): Chiasmodon, Dysalotus, Kali, Pseudoscopelus (genera)