Champsodontidae

Greedy gaper

Champsodon vorax

Eight Point Two Centimeters Champsodontid Fish from the Mediterranean Sea

• Tropical
• Transcontinental
• Marine fish
• Indian Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• Oceania
• South Asia
• Southeast Asia
• Elongated
• Small
• Tropical fish

Champsodon vorax, also known as the greedy gaper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a crocodile toothfish belonging to the family Champsodontidae. It occurs in the Indo-West Pacific from Maldives, Australia, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia and Guam. It has also been recorded in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Lebanon.