Benthodesmus pacificus

Occurs from 305 m (depth of specimens hooked off Manazuru, Japan) and deeper, sometimes migrating to the surface. Juveniles mesopelagic from 100 to 500 (1000) m depth.

Canada

Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

North Pacific: off Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Kyushu-Palau Ridge, British Columbia, Canada and California, USA.

Western Pacific.

Dorsal spines (total): 44 - 46; Dorsal soft rays (total): 99 - 104; Analspines: 2; Analsoft rays: 90 - 94; Vertebrae: 149 - 153

Maximum size: 1120 mm SL

112 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 6181))

Body silvery, jaws and opercle blackish. The inside of the mouth and gill cavities black.

Habitat Type: Marine

benthopelagic; marine; depth range 100 - 1000 m (Ref. 6181)

Depth: 100 - 1000m.
From 100 to 1000 meters.

Habitat: benthopelagic.

Non-Migrant: No. All populations of this species make significant seasonal migrations.

Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make local extended movements (generally less than 200 km) at particular times of the year (e.g., to breeding or wintering grounds, to hibernation sites).

Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make annual migrations of over 200 km.

Canada

Rounded National Status Rank: NNR - Unranked

Rounded Global Status Rank: GNR - Not Yet Ranked

Not Evaluated