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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorBenthodesmus tenuis (Günther, 1877) 
AphiaID: 159834

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorChordata (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorVertebrata (Subphylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGnathostomata (Superclass) > Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorPisces (Superclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorActinopteri (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPerciformes (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorScombroidei (Suborder) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTrichiuridae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAphanopodinae (Subfamily) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorBenthodesmus (Genus) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorBenthodesmus tenuis (Species)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorBenthodesmus Goode & Bean, 1882
Orig. name Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLepidopus tenuis Günther, 1877
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorBenthodesmus benjamini Fowler, 1938
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLepidopus aomori Jordan & Snyder, 1901
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLepidopus tenuis Günther, 1877
Sources  basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. No. 219. 731 pp. [details]

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Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorsmalleye frostfish  [details]
French Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorsabre d'argent à petits yeux  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution 
From other sources
Canada
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorBritish Columbia [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorCanadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Pacific part] [details]
Gulf of Mexico
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorGulf of Mexico [details]
New Zealand
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorNew Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
North Atlantic Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorGulf of Maine [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorNorth West Atlantic [details]
North Pacific Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorNorth Pacific [details]
South Africa
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSouth Africa (country) [details]
The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorCoastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia [details]
(no group)
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorFAO fishing area 67 [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorNorth East Pacific [details]
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Barcode of Life (11 barcodes) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo FishBase 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo ITIS
Notes 
From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDistribution Western Atlantic: 42.95°N to off Cape Hatteras, Gulf of Mexico, Suriname and southern Brazil [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorHabitat Mainly found over the continental slope. [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorHabitat nektonic [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorHabitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159834
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-05-30 09:27:08Z  created  Cuvelier, Daphne
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2015). Benthodesmus tenuis (Günther, 1877). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2015) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159834 on 2016-09-27
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