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Benthodesmus tenuis (Günther, 1877)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Perciformes
family
Trichiuridae
genus
Benthodesmus
species
Benthodesmus tenuis

Name

Synonyms
Benthodesmus benjamini Fowler, 1938
Lepidopus aomori Jordan & Snyder, 1901
Lepidopus tenuis Günther, 1877
Homonyms
Benthodesmus tenuis (Günther, 1877)
Common names
Peixe sabre cabeza de dragón in Galician
Scabbard Fish in English
Slender frostfish in English
Slender frostfish in English
Tachimodoki in Japanese
cintilla tenia in Spanish
ribbon scabbardfish in English
ribbon scabbardfish in English
sabre d'argent à petits yeux in French
sabre d'argent à petits yeux in French
slender frostfish in English
smalleye frostfish in English
smalleye frostfish in English
smalleye frostfish in English
Тонкая (узкополосая) бентодесма in Russian
Тонкая (узкополосая) бентодесма in Russian
Тонкая бентодесма in Russian
タチモドキ in Japanese
タチモドキ in Japanese
叉尾深海帶魚 in Chinese
叉尾深海帶魚(開叉帶魚) in Chinese
開叉帶魚 in Chinese
タチモドキ in Japanese
Slender frostfish in English
sabre d'argent à petits yeux in French
smalleye frostfish in English
Тонкая (узкополосая) бентодесма in Russian
タチモドキ in Japanese

Bibliographic References

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  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  3. Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002.
  4. 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.
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  7. McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  8. Moore, Jon A., Karsten E. Hartel, James E. Craddock, and John K. Galbraith, 2003: An annotated list of deepwater fishes from off the New England region, with new area records. Northeastern Naturalist, vol. 10, no. 2. 159-248.
  9. Nakamura, I. and N.V. Parin, 1997: Snake Mackerels and Cutlassfishes of the world (Families Gempylidae and Trichiuridae): An annotated and illustrated catalogue of snake mackerels, snoeks, escolars, gemfishes, sackfishes, domine, oilfish, cutlassfishes, scabbardfishes, hairtails.... FAO Fisheries Synopsis (125), vol. 15.
  10. Nakamura, I., and N. V. Parin, 1993: 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.... FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 15. vii + 136.
  11. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 21. 243.
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