Benthodesmus tenuis, Slender frostfish

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Benthodesmus tenuis (Günther, 1877)

Slender frostfish
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Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Scombriformes (Mackerels) > Trichiuridae (Cutlassfishes) > Aphanopodinae
Etymology: Benthodesmus: Greek, benthos = depth of the sea + Greek, desmos = bond, chain (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Günther.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marino benthopelagico; distribuzione batimetrica 200 - 850 m (Ref. 6181). Deep-water; 45°N - 36°S, 172°W - 175°E (Ref. 57013)

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Point map | Introduzioni | Faunafri

Western Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951), off Cape Hatteras, Gulf of Mexico, Suriname and southern Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: Gulf of Guinea to Angola. Western Indian Ocean: off Natal, South Africa (Ref. 11228). Western Pacific: Emperor Seamounts, Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Viet Nam, and the Sulu Sea. Indian Ocean: south of Java, Indonesia. Reported from British Columbia, Canada (Ref. 11980).

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 230 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 10818); common length : 50.0 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 10818)

Short description Morfologia | Morfometria

Spine dorsali (totale): 38 - 42; Raggi dorsali molli (totale): 78-89; Spine anali 2; Raggi anali molli: 69 - 76; Vertebre: 122 - 132. Body silvery, jaws and opercle blackish. The inside of the mouth and gill cavities black.

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Mainly found over the continental slope (Ref. 27121). Juveniles mesopelagic (Ref. 6181, 58302).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore : Parin, Nikolay V. | Collaboratori

Nakamura, I. and N.V. Parin, 1993. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 15. Snake mackerels and cutlassfishes of the world (families Gempylidae and Trichiuridae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the snake mackerels, snoeks, escolars, gemfishes, sackfishes, domine, oilfish, cutlassfishes,. scabbardfishes, hairtails, and frostfishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(15):136 p. (Ref. 6181)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 21 May 2013

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 7.3 - 15.7, mean 10.7 °C (based on 656 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5005   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00046 (0.00020 - 0.00105), b=3.12 (2.92 - 3.32), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.4   ±0.8 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Ref. 120179):  Basso, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 4.5 - 14 anni (Assuming tmax>10).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 11.4 [5.0, 23.9] mg/100g; Iron = 0.299 [0.139, 0.683] mg/100g; Protein = 17.2 [15.5, 18.9] %; Omega3 = 0.221 [0.102, 0.516] g/100g; Selenium = 36 [14, 94] μg/100g; VitaminA = 6.53 [1.10, 34.95] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.244 [0.155, 0.404] mg/100g (wet weight);