Kali (fish) explained

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

Etymology

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

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, 1909
• Kali kerberti (M. C. W. Weber, 1913)
• Kali macrodon (Norman, 1929)
• Kali macrura (A. E. Parr, 1933)
• Kali parri R. K. Johnson & Cohen, 1974