Benthodesmus tenuis, the slender frostfish or ribbon scabbardfish, is a species of cutlassfish in the family Trichiuridae.[1][2]

Benthodesmus tenuis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Trichiuridae
Genus: Benthodesmus
Species:
B. tenuis
Binomial name
Benthodesmus tenuis
(Günther, 1877)
Synonyms[2]
  • Lepidopus tenuis Günther, 1877
  • Lepidopus aomori Jordan & Snyder, 1901
  • Benthodesmus benjamini Fowler, 1938

References

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  1. ^ a b Iwamoto, T.; Dooley, J.; Collette, B.B.; Aiken, K.A.; Marechal, J.; Pina Amargos, F.; Singh-Renton, S.; Russell, B. (2015). "Benthodesmus tenuis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T20666310A20682683. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T20666310A20682683.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Benthodesmus tenuis". FishBase. February 2018 version.
  3. ^ D. W. Tucker (1955). "Studies on the trichiuroid fishes: 2. Benthodesmus tenuis (Günther) collected by the Expédition Océanographique Belge dans les eaux côtières de L'Atlantique Sud (1948–1949), with additional notes on the genus Benthodesmus". Mededelingen van het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen. 31 (64): 1–26.