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Benthodesmus simonyi (Steindachner, 1891) 
AphiaID: 127087

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
Parent Benthodesmus Goode & Bean, 1882
Synonymised
taxa
  Aphanopus simonyi Steindachner, 1891
Benthodesmus atlanticus Goode & Bean, 1896
Benthodesmus elongatus simonyi (Steindachner, 1891)
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]

additional source: Moore, J. A., M. Vecchione, B.B. Collette, and R. Gibbons. (2002) The fauna of Bear Seamount (New England Seamount chain), and the presence of "natural invader" species. Paper CM 2002/M:25, ICES Annual Science Conference and ICES Centenary, 1-5 October 2002, Copenhagen [details]

additional source: Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p. [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

additional source: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [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
 
Language   Name 
English frostfish  [details]
English Simony's frostfish  [details]
Norwegian BokmÃ¥l reimfisk  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk reimfisk  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
FAO fishing area 67 [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
North East Pacific [details]
North Pacific [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Diet: Feeds on crustaceans (mainly prawns and euphausiids), small fishes (e.g. Maurolicus) and squid [details]

Distribution: North Atlantic: off Newfoundland (Canada), Bermuda, New England (USA), Middle Atlantic Ridges, Iceland, Norway, Portugal, Madeira, and Canary Is [details]

Habitat: bathydemersal [details]

Habitat: depth range 200 - 900 m [details]

Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127087
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Benthodesmus simonyi (Steindachner, 1891). 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=127087 on 2013-05-22
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