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Benthodesmus simonyi (Steindachner, 1891)

Simony's frostfish
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> Scombriformes (Mackerels) > Trichiuridae (Cutlassfishes) > Aphanopodinae
Etymology: Benthodesmus: Greek, benthos = depth of the sea + Greek, desmos = bond, chain (Ref. 45335)simonyi: Named after Prof. Oskar Simony of Mathematics and Physics, Hochschule für Bodenkultur, Vienna, eclectic and collector (Ref. 6885).
Eponymy: Dr Oskar Simony (1852–1915) was an Austrian mathematician, physicist and naturalist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Steindachner.

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

marino benthopelagico; distribuzione batimetrica 200 - 900 m (Ref. 6181). Deep-water; 72°N - 16°N, 67°W - 20°E (Ref. 6181)

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North Atlantic: off Newfoundland (Canada), Bermuda, New England (USA), Middle Atlantic Ridges, Iceland, Norway, Portugal, Madeira, and Canary Islands.

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 130 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 6181)

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

Spine dorsali (totale) : 44 - 46; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 104 - 109; Spine anali: 2; Raggi anali molli: 93 - 102; Vertebre: 153 - 158. Body silvery, jaws and opercle blackish. The inside of the mouth and gill cavities black.

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Found on continental slope and underwater rises. Juveniles mesopelagic.

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: Version 2024-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 12 October 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 6.4 - 11.4, mean 9.8 °C (based on 59 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5005   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00011 (0.00006 - 0.00022), b=3.06 (2.88 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.3   ±0.7 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 = 14.1 [6.2, 28.2] mg/100g; Iron = 0.268 [0.123, 0.592] mg/100g; Protein = 17.2 [15.5, 18.8] %; Omega3 = 0.246 [0.110, 0.576] g/100g; Selenium = 30.8 [11.5, 79.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 7 [1, 37] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.311 [0.195, 0.528] mg/100g (wet weight);