Bassozetus

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

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

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". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  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.


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