Deep-Sea taxon details
Benthosema glaciale (Reinhardt, 1837)
126580 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126580)
accepted
Species
Myctophum glaciale (Reinhardt, 1837) · unaccepted
Scopelus glacialis Reinhardt, 1837 · unaccepted
Scopelus scoticus Günther, 1889 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scopelus glacialis Reinhardt, 1837) Reinhardt, J.C.H. (1837). Ichthyologiske bidrag til den Grönlandske fauna. Indledning, indeholdende tillaeg og forandringer i den fabriciske fortegnelse paa Grönlandske hvirveldyr. <em>K. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Naturvid. Math. Afhandl.</em> 7: 83-196. [details]
Distribution Baffin Bay to northern edge of Gulf Stream
Distribution Baffin Bay to northern edge of Gulf Stream [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Benthosema glaciale (Reinhardt, 1837). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126580 on 2026-01-17
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Benthosema glaciale (Reinhardt, 1837). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126580 on 2026-01-17
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(of Scopelus glacialis Reinhardt, 1837) Reinhardt, J.C.H. (1837). Ichthyologiske bidrag til den Grönlandske fauna. Indledning, indeholdende tillaeg og forandringer i den fabriciske fortegnelse paa Grönlandske hvirveldyr. <em>K. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Naturvid. Math. Afhandl.</em> 7: 83-196. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Karnella, C. (1987). Family Myctophidae, lanternfishes In: Biology of midwater fishes of the Bermuda ocean acre, Smithsonian contributions to zoology, number 452. . Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. , (452): 51-168 [details]
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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
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. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Karnella, C. (1987). Family Myctophidae, lanternfishes In: Biology of midwater fishes of the Bermuda ocean acre, Smithsonian contributions to zoology, number 452. . Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. , (452): 51-168 [details]
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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
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. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on copepods, euphausiids and copepodites [details]Distribution Baffin Bay to northern edge of Gulf Stream [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat Epipelagic [details]
Habitat Mesopelagic [details]
Habitat Bathypelagic [details]
Habitat Nyctoepipelagic species, migrates from daytime depth of 375- 800 m to 12- 200 m at night. [details]
Reproduction Spawns from April- August; open water/ substratum egg scatterers, reported to perish after spawning [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | isprikfisk | [details] |
| English | glacier lanternfish | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Φανόψαρο των πάγων | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | nordlig lysprikkfisk | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | nordleg lysprikkfisk | [details] |
| Turkish | isildak baligi | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (40 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Scopelus scoticus Günther, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Myctophum glaciale (Reinhardt, 1837))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (84 publications) (from synonym Scopelus glacialis Reinhardt, 1837)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Benthosema glaciale)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scopelus glacialis Reinhardt, 1837)
To FishBase (from synonym Myctophum glaciale (Reinhardt, 1837))
To FishBase (from synonym Scopelus scoticus Günther, 1889)
To GenBank (144156 nucleotides; 115 proteins) (from synonym Scopelus glacialis Reinhardt, 1837)
To GenBank (144156 nucleotides; 115 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Scopelus scoticus Günther, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Myctophum glaciale (Reinhardt, 1837))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (84 publications) (from synonym Scopelus glacialis Reinhardt, 1837)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Benthosema glaciale)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scopelus glacialis Reinhardt, 1837)
To FishBase (from synonym Myctophum glaciale (Reinhardt, 1837))
To FishBase (from synonym Scopelus scoticus Günther, 1889)
To GenBank (144156 nucleotides; 115 proteins) (from synonym Scopelus glacialis Reinhardt, 1837)
To GenBank (144156 nucleotides; 115 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
Unreviewed
