Bassanago nielseni

Bassanago nielseni is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[2] It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya in 1990, originally under the genus Pseudoxenomystax.[3] It is a marine, deep-water dwelling eel which is known from the central and southern part of the Nazca Ridge, in the southeastern Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 160–340 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 46.5 centimetres.[2]

Bassanago nielseni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Anguilliformes
Family:
Congridae
Genus:
Bassanago
Species:
B. nielseni
Binomial name
Bassanago nielseni
(Karmovskaya, 1990)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pseudoxenomystax nielseni Karmovskaya, 1990

The species epithet was given in honour of Jorgen Nielsen, a specialist in the study of deep-sea fish.[2]

References
  1. Synonyms of Bassanago nielseni at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Bassanago nielseni at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Karmovskaya, E. S., 1990 [ref. 20148] New species of conger eels (Congridae) from southeastern Pacific Seamounts. Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 30 (no. 5): 764-772.


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