Biology:Bassozetus

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Bassozetus
Bassozetus compressus.jpg
Bassozetus compressus
Bassozetus taenia.jpg
Bassozetus taenia
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Ophidiidae
Subfamily: Neobythitinae
Genus: Bassozetus
Gill, 1883
Type species
Bassozetus normalis
Gill, 1883[1]

Bassozetus is a genus of cusk-eels found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean.[2]

Species

There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:

  • Bassozetus compressus (Günther, 1878) (Abyssal assfish) [3]
  • Bassozetus galatheae J. G. Nielsen & Merrett, 2000 (Galathea assfish)
  • Bassozetus glutinosus (Alcock, 1890) (Glutin assfish)
  • Bassozetus levistomatus Machida, 1989
  • Bassozetus mozambiquensis Tomiyama, Takami & A. Fukui, 2016 (Mozambique assfish) [4]
  • Bassozetus multispinis Shcherbachev, 1980
  • Bassozetus nasus Garman, 1899
  • Bassozetus normalis Gill, 1883
  • Bassozetus oncerocephalus (Vaillant, 1888)
  • Bassozetus robustus H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 (Robust assfish)
  • Bassozetus taenia (Günther, 1887)
  • Bassozetus werneri J. G. Nielsen & Merrett, 2000
  • Bassozetus zenkevitchi Rass (ru), 1955

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Bassozetus". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=4185. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Bassozetus in FishBase. October 2016 version.
  3. Tomiyama, S., Takami, M. & Fukui, A. (2015): Redescription of Bassozetus compressus (Günther 1878), a senior synonym of Bassozetus elongatus Smith and Radcliffe 1913 (Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae). Ichthyological Research, 63 (2): 218-226.
  4. Tomiyama, S., Takami, M. & Fukui, A. (2016): A new deepwater assfish, Bassozetus mozambiquensis sp. nov. (Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae), from the western Indian Ocean. Ichthyological Research, 64 (1): 13–17.

Wikidata ☰ Q1871650 entry