WoRMS taxon details
Chiasmodon niger Johnson, 1864
126840 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126840)
accepted
Species
Chiasmodon bolangeri Osório, 1909 · unaccepted
Chiasmodus niger (Johnson, 1863) · unaccepted
Ponerodon vastator Alcock, 1890 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Chiasmodon niger pluriradiatus Parr, 1933 accepted as Chiasmodon pluriradiatus Parr, 1933
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Johnson, J. Y. (1864). Descriptions of three new genera of marine fishes obtained at Madeira. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1863.</em> (pt 3) (art. 8) : 403-410, Pl. 36. [details]
Distribution Newfoundland to Browns Bank. Atlantic, Indian and Pacific: broadly distributed in tropical and subtropical waters.
Distribution Newfoundland to Browns Bank. Atlantic, Indian and Pacific: broadly distributed in tropical and subtropical waters. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Chiasmodon niger Johnson, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126840 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Johnson, J. Y. (1864). Descriptions of three new genera of marine fishes obtained at Madeira. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1863.</em> (pt 3) (art. 8) : 403-410, Pl. 36. [details]
original description (of Ponerodon vastator Alcock, 1890) Alcock, A. W. (1890). Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey steamer `Investigator,' Commander R. F. Hoskyn, R. N., commanding.--No. 16. On the bathybial fishes collected in the Bay of Bengal during the season 1889-1890. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6).</em> v. 6 (no. 33) (art. 26): 197-222, Pls. 8-9. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Ponerodon vastator Alcock, 1890) Alcock, A. W. (1890). Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey steamer `Investigator,' Commander R. F. Hoskyn, R. N., commanding.--No. 16. On the bathybial fishes collected in the Bay of Bengal during the season 1889-1890. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6).</em> v. 6 (no. 33) (art. 26): 197-222, Pls. 8-9. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Grey, M. (1955). Notes on a collection of Bermuda deep-sea fishes. Fieldiana Zoology, 37: 265-302 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
context source (Bermuda) Grey, M. (1955). Notes on a collection of Bermuda deep-sea fishes. Fieldiana Zoology, 37: 265-302 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on whole fish, often of individuals longer than themselves [details]Distribution Newfoundland to Browns Bank. Atlantic, Indian and Pacific: broadly distributed in tropical and subtropical waters. [details]
Habitat Meso- to bathypelagic species. [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | black swallower | [details] |
| Japanese | オニボウズギス | [details] |
| Russian | Черный живоглот | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (87 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Ponerodon vastator Alcock, 1890)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Chiasmodon bolangeri Osório, 1909)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications) (from synonym Chiasmodus niger (Johnson, 1863))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (75 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chiasmodon niger)
To FishBase (from synonym Ponerodon vastator Alcock, 1890)
To FishBase (from synonym Chiasmodus niger (Johnson, 1863))
To FishBase (from synonym Chiasmodon bolangeri Osório, 1909)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Chiasmodon niger, Canada, by Román Marcote, E.)
To GenBank (78 nucleotides; 97 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Chiasmodon niger Johnson, 1864; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2595137)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Chiasmodon bolangeri Osório, 1909)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Ponerodon vastator Alcock, 1890)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Chiasmodon bolangeri Osório, 1909)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications) (from synonym Chiasmodus niger (Johnson, 1863))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (75 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chiasmodon niger)
To FishBase (from synonym Ponerodon vastator Alcock, 1890)
To FishBase (from synonym Chiasmodus niger (Johnson, 1863))
To FishBase (from synonym Chiasmodon bolangeri Osório, 1909)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Chiasmodon niger, Canada, by Román Marcote, E.)
To GenBank (78 nucleotides; 97 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Chiasmodon niger Johnson, 1864; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2595137)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Chiasmodon bolangeri Osório, 1909)
To ITIS
