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Benthodesmus elongatus (Clarke, 1879)

To FishBase images (<i>Benthodesmus elongatus</i>, Brazil, by Fischer, L.G.)
To FishBase images (Benthodesmus elongatus, Brazil, by Fischer, L.G.)

127086  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127086)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Scombriformes (Order)
  11. Trichiuridae (Family)
  12. Aphanopodinae (Subfamily)
  13. Benthodesmus (Genus)
  14. Benthodesmus elongatus (Species)
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marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lepidopus elongatus Clarke, 1879) Clarke, F. E. (1879). On some new fishes. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.</em> v. 11 (art. 25) (for 1878): 291-295, Pls. 14-15.
page(s): 294, Pl. 14 [details] 
Description Mostly deepwater, from 260 to 575 m at Sala y Gomez Ridge, 380 to 950 m elsewhere, juveniles mesopelagic. Feeds on...  
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]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Benthodesmus elongatus (Clarke, 1879). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127086 on 2025-05-07
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description (of Lepidopus elongatus Clarke, 1879) Clarke, F. E. (1879). On some new fishes. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.</em> v. 11 (art. 25) (for 1878): 291-295, Pls. 14-15.
page(s): 294, Pl. 14 [details] 

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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Ecology

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication

Other

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details] 

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
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]
    Definitions

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LanguageName 
English frostfishelongate frostfishbigeye frostfish  [details]
French sabre d'argent à grands yeux  [details]
Japanese ヤマモトタチモドキ／ホソタチモドキ  [details]
Russian Продолговатая бентодесма  [details]
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Benthodesmus elongatus elongatus (Clarke, 1879))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Lepidopus elongatus Clarke, 1879)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) 
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Benthodesmus elongatus) 
To FishBase (from synonym Lepidopus elongatus Clarke, 1879)
To FishBase 
To FishBase (from synonym Benthodesmus elongatus elongatus (Clarke, 1879))
To FishBase images (Benthodesmus elongatus, Brazil, by Fischer, L.G.) 
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 4 proteins) 
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Lepidopus elongatus Clarke, 1879)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To PESI 
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To FishBase images (<i>Benthodesmus elongatus</i>, Brazil, by Fischer, L.G.)
To FishBase images (Benthodesmus elongatus, Brazil, by Fischer, L.G.)
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Benthodesmus elongatus (Clarke, 1879)
Benthodesmus elongatus (Clarke, 1879)
Benthodesmus elongatus (Clarke, 1879)
Benthodesmus elongatus (Clarke, 1879)