North Pacific frostfish

Short description: Species of fish

North Pacific frostfish

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Scombriformes
Family:  | Trichiuridae
Genus:  | Benthodesmus
Species:  |

B. pacificus

Binomial name
Benthodesmus pacificus

Parin & Becker, 1970

The North Pacific frostfish, Benthodesmus pacificus, is a cutlassfish of the family Trichiuridae found in the north Pacific Ocean between latitudes 50° N and 30° N at depths of 100–1,000 metres (330–3,280 ft). Its length is up to 112 centimetres (44 in).

## References

* Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Benthodesmus pacificus" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
* Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8

Wikidata ☰ Q1096641 entry

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