Bassogigas is a genus of cusk eel from the subfamily Neobythitinae, part of the family Ophidiidae. The generic name "Bassogigas" comes from a combination of two Latin words: bassus, which means "deep" and gigas which means "giant".[2] The species are found in the Indo-Pacific and western Atlantic Ocean.[3]
| Bassogigas | |
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| Bassogigas gillii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Ophidiiformes |
| Family: | Ophidiidae |
| Subfamily: | Neobythitinae |
| Genus: | Bassogigas Goode & Bean, 1896 |
| Type species | |
| Bassogigas gillii Goode & Bean, 1896[1]
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Species edit
The following two species are contained within the genus Bassogigas:[4]
- Bassogigas gillii Goode & Bean, 1896
- Bassogigas walkeri Nielsen & Møller, 2011 – (Walker's cusk eel)
References edit
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Bassogigas". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (21 March 2018). "Order OPHIDIIFORMES: Families CARAPIDAE and OPHIDIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- ^ Nielsen, J.G. & P.R. Møller (2011). "Revision of the bathyal cusk-eels of the genus Bassogigas (Ophidiidae) with description of a new species from off Guam, west Pacific Ocean". Journal of Fish Biology. 78 (3): 783–795. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02892.x. PMID 21366572. Abstract
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). Species of Bassogigas in FishBase. February 2006 version.
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