Bassanago nielseni is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[3] It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya in 1990, originally under the genus Pseudoxenomystax.[4] 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.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Bassanago |
| Species: | B. nielseni
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| Binomial name | |
| Bassanago nielseni (Karmovskaya, 1990)
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The species epithet was given in honour of Jorgen Nielsen, a specialist in the study of deep-sea fish.[3]
References
edit- ^ Tighe, K.; Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J. (2019). "Bassanago nielseni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T103684104A103687381. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T103684104A103687381.en. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ^ Synonyms of Bassanago nielseni at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b c Bassanago nielseni at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ 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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