Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Myctophiformes > Family Myctophidae > Genus Benthosema

Benthosema glaciale (Reinhardt, 1837)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Benthosema*	Goode & Bean, 1896	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

Danish: isprikfisk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: glacier lanternfish sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

Greek: Φανόψαρο των πάγων sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: nordlig lysprikkfisk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: nordlig lysprikkfisk

Norwegian Nynorsk: nordleg lysprikkfisk

Nynorsk (Norwegian): nordleg lysprikkfisk

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	Welshman, D., S. Kohler, J. Black and L. Van Guelpen. 2003. An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes.
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012
additional source	Fishbase

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
FishBase
Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
GenBank (22 nucleotides; 27 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Benthosema glaciale (Reinhardt, 1837). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126580