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Kali (fish)

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Kali is a genus of snaketooth fishes, deep ocean fish from the family Chiasmodontidae.

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Kali
Kali indica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Chiasmodontidae
Genus: Kali
Lloyd, 1909
Type species
Kali indica
Lloyd, 1909
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Etymology

The genus is named after the Hindu goddess of time, change and destruction, Kali.[2]

Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:[1]

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