Benthodesmus simonyi, Simony's frostfish

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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 / rango de profundidad / distribution range Ecología

marino bentopelágico; rango de profundidad 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.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 130 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 6181)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total) : 44 - 46; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 104 - 109; Espinas anales: 2; Radios blandos anales: 93 - 102; Vértebra: 153 - 158. Body silvery, jaws and opercle blackish. The inside of the mouth and gill cavities black.
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like; Cross section: compressed.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Found on continental slope and underwater rises. Juveniles mesopelagic.

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Parin, Nikolay V. | Colaboradores

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 2025-1)

  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 (Referencia 123201): 6.4 - 11.4, mean 9.8 °C (based on 59 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia 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).
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278):  4.3   ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179):  Bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 4.5-14 años (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);