Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Aulopiformes

Family: Scopelarchidae

Genus: Benthalbella

Species: Benthalbella elongata (Norman, 1937)

Climate Zone

Location

• Circumglobal in the southern hemisphere from about 40°S to Antarctica.

Biology

Adults mesopelagic (below 500 m); larvae in upper 200 m (Ref. 5174).

Habitat

bathypelagic

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless