Accepted scientific name:
Benthodesmus tenuis (Günther, 1877) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Benthodesmus tenuis (Günther, 1877)
Synonyms:
Benthodesmus benjamini Fowler, 1938 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Benthodesmus benjamini Fowler, 1938
Lepidopus aomori Jordan & Snyder, 1901 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Lepidopus aomori Jordan & Snyder, 1901
Lepidopus tenuis Günther, 1877 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Lepidopus tenuis Günther, 1877
Common names:
Common name Language Country
Slant kalkvis Afrikaans Namibia Click here to show the literature
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Slank frostfisk Danish Denmark Click here to show the literature
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Frostfish English Malaysia Click here to show the literature
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Ribbon scabbardfish English Cuba Click here to show the literature
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Ribbon scabbardfish English USA Click here to show the literature
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Slender frostfish English Malaysia Click here to show the literature
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Slender frostfish English United Kingdom Click here to show the literature
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Slender frostfish English USA Click here to show the literature
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Sabre fleuret French France Click here to show the literature
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Tachimodoki Japanese Japan Click here to show the literature
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Timah Malay (individual language) Malaysia Click here to show the literature
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Timah-kabut lampai Malay (individual language) Malaysia Click here to show the literature
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Peixe-espada Portuguese Cape Verde Islands Click here to show the literature
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Cintilla Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature
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Balila Tagalog Philippines Click here to show the literature
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Laying Tagalog Philippines Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Trichiuridae
Genus Benthodesmus
Distribution: 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).
Additional data: -
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2011
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Group expert : Parin, N.V., Data last modified by FishBase 05-Jan-2011
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=8563
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:d13e0a9c-2dc5-11e0-98c6-2ce70255a436:col20110201