Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Scombriformes > Family Trichiuridae > Subfamily Aphanopodinae > Genus Benthodesmus

Benthodesmus simonyi (Steindachner, 1891)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Benthodesmus*	Goode & Bean, 1882	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Aphanopus simonyi*	Steindachner, 1891	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: frostfish; North Atlantic frostfish; Simony's frostfish sources: Hart, J.L., 1973. Pacific Fishes of Canada. Fish. Res. Bd. Can. Bull 180. 740 pages.;Nelson, J.S.; Crossman, E.J.; Espinosa-Pérez, H.; Findley, L.T.; Gilbert, C.R.; Lea, R.N.; Williams, J.D. (2004). Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada and Mexico Special Publication. American Fisheries Society, 29 American Fisheries Society: Bethesda. ISBN 1-888569-61-1. 386 + CD-Rom pp.;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

Norwegian Bokmål: reimfisk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: reimfisk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: cintilla del Atlántico

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Moore, J. A.; Vecchione, M.; Collette, B.B.; Gibbons; R. (2002). The fauna of Bear Seamount (New England Seamount chain), and the presence of "natural invader" species. ICES Annual Science Conference and ICES Centenary.
additional source	Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. No. 219. 731 pp.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase images (Benthodesmus simonyi, by FAO)
FishBase

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Benthodesmus simonyi (Steindachner, 1891). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127087