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Trichiuridae
North Pacific frostfish
Benthodesmus pacificus
Black interior of mouth and gill cavities
North Pacific frostfish is a marine fish found around North Pacific. It inhabits deep water. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 112 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Trichiuridae
- Genus
- Benthodesmus
- Maximum length
- 112 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- anguilliform
- Distribution
- North Pacific: off Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Kyushu-Palau Ridge, British Columbia, Canada and California, USA.

