Frostfish

Benthodesmus tenuis (Günther 1877)

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Benthodesmus tenuis (Frostfish) is a species of ray-finned fishes in the family cutlassfishes. Individuals can grow to 230 cm.

EOL has data for 19 attributes, including:

body size
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_VT0100005
- Definition: The size of a multicellular organism
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50 cm
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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Ireland
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/2963597
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habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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temperate
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000206
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habitat
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/habitat
- Definition: A category or description of the habitat in which the Event occurred.
- Comment: Example: "oak savanna", "pre-cordilleran steppe"
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marine
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000569
- Definition: A habitat that is in or on a sea or ocean containing high concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids (typically >35 grams dissolved salts per litre).
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habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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tropical
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000204
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population trend
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/population_trend
- Definition: i.e., increasing, decreasing, stable, or unknown
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Unknown
standard length
- URI: http://purl.org/obo/owlATOL_0001659
- Definition: length of a fish measured from the tip of the snout to the posterior end of the last vertebra or to the posterior end of the midlateral portion of the hypural plate. Simply put, this measurement excludes the length of the caudal fin
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230 cm
water depth
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimDepth
- Definition: The depth of seawater at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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200 m
water temperature
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/SeawaterTemperature
- Definition: Temperature of the water at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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16.355 degrees celsius

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Frostfish. View this species on GBIF

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