WoRMS taxon details
Benthodesmus elongatus (Clarke, 1879)
AphiaID: 127086
AphiaID: 127086
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Trichiuridae (Family) > Aphanopodinae (Subfamily) > Benthodesmus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Benthodesmus Goode & Bean, 1882 | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Benthodesmus Goode & Bean, 1882 | ||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Benthodesmus elongatus elongatus (Clarke, 1879) Lepidopus elongatus Clarke, 1879 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
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, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: Roberts, C.; Stewart, A.; Francis, M. (2009). Marine fishes (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Benthodesmus elongatus elongatus (Clarke, 1879) accepted as Benthodesmus elongatus (Clarke, 1879) Subspecies Benthodesmus elongatus pacificus Parin & Becker, 1970 accepted as Benthodesmus pacificus Parin & Becker, 1970 Subspecies Benthodesmus elongatus simonyi (Steindachner, 1891) accepted as Benthodesmus simonyi (Steindachner, 1891) | ||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | British Columbia [details] Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Pacific part] [details] Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia [details] Comores [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] FAO fishing area 67 [details] Madagascar [details] Mozambique [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] North East Pacific [details] North Pacific [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] South Africa (country) [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Mostly deepwater, from 260 to 575 m at Sala y Gomez Ridge, 380 to 950 m elsewhere, juveniles mesopelagic. Feeds on crustaceans (mainly prawns and euphausiids), small fishes (e.g. @Maurolicus@) and squid (Ref. 6202). [details] Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details] | ||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127086 | ||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Benthodesmus elongatus (Clarke, 1879). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127086 on 2013-05-22 | |||||||||||||||||
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