Species: Benthodesmus simonyi, North Atlantic Frostfish, North Atlantic Frostfish Scabbardfish, Simony's Frostfish

A II, 93-102
Benthodesmus simonyi (Steindachner, 1891)
North Atlantic Frostfish, Simony's Frostfish, North Atlantic Frostfish Scabbardfish
Body extremely elongate and compressed, depth 3.7-4.7% SL; upper head profile rises smoothly from tip of snout to origin of dorsal fin; nape without a central, longitudinal crest; lower rear edge of gill cover convex; lower jaw projecting; tips of both jaws with a short skin knob in large fish; jaws with front fangs and slightly compressed side teeth; roof of mouth with 1 row of teeth on each side, none in center; gill rakers on first arch spiny; dorsal fin with long base, XLIV – XLVI, 104-109 (total elements 148-155), partially divided by a shallow notch, base of spinous part about ½ length of base of soft part; anal fin II (close-set, 1st rudimentary, not visible in adults, 2nd comb-like, delicate, well forwards of rest of fin), 93 – 102, rays developed only on rear 1/3 of fin; pectorals 12; pelvic fins minute, with a scale-like spine & a rudimentary soft ray, inserted behind pectoral base; tail fin small, forked.
Silvery; jaws, operculum, and inside mouth and gill chamber black.
Reaches 133 cm
Benthopelagic
Depth range 200-900 m.
Atlantic; Newfoundland to Argentina.

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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Offshore
- Offshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom + water column
- Mid Water
- Near Bottom
- Habitat
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- Water column
- FishBase Habitat
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- Bentho-Pelagic
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Bony fishes
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Octopus/squid/cuttlefish
- Pelagic crustacea
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- Transatlantic (East+West Atlantic)
- Regional Endemism
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- Also in Brazil
- Continent
- Continent + Island (s)
- Continental primarily
- Extends N + S of GC
- Extends North of GC
- Extends South of GC
- GC non-endemic
- Island (s)
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Temperate (>35N)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 133
- Depth Range Min
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- 200
- Depth Range Max
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- 900