''Kali'' is a
genus
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of
snaketooth fishes, deep ocean fish from the
family
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Chiasmodontidae
The Chiasmodontidae, snaketooth fishes or swallowers, are a family of deep-sea percomorph fishes, part of the order Trachiniformes, known from oceans worldwide.
Timeline
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Etymology
The genus is named after the
Hindu
Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...
goddess of time, change and destruction,
Kali
Kali (; sa, काली, ), also referred to as Mahakali, Bhadrakali, and Kalika ( sa, कालिका), is a Hinduism, Hindu goddess who is considered to be the goddess of ultimate power, time, destruction and change in Shaktism. In t ...
.
Species
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Kali colubrina''
M. R. S. de Melo, 2008
* ''
Kali falx''
M. R. S. de Melo, 2008
* ''
Kali indica''
Lloyd
Lloyd, Lloyd's, or Lloyds may refer to:
People
* Lloyd (name), a variation of the Welsh word ' or ', which means "grey" or "brown"
** List of people with given name Lloyd
** List of people with surname Lloyd
* Lloyd (singer) (born 1986), American ...
, 1909
* ''
Kali kerberti''
( M. C. W. Weber, 1913)
* ''
Kali macrodon''
(Norman
Norman or Normans may refer to:
Ethnic and cultural identity
* The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries
** People or things connected with the Norm ...
, 1929)
* ''
Kali macrura''
( A. E. Parr, 1933)
* ''
Kali parri''
R. K. Johnson & Cohen, 1974
References
Chiasmodontidae
Marine fish genera
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