Bassozetus is a genus of cusk-eels found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans.[2]
| Bassozetus | |
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| Bassozetus compressus | |
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| 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
editThere are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
- 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 nielseni Tomiyama, Takami & Fukui, 2018 (Masked assfish)
- Bassozetus normalis Gill, 1883
- Bassozetus oncerocephalus (Vaillant, 1888)
- Bassozetus robustus H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 (Robust assfish)
- Bassozetus squamosus Tomiyama, Takami & Fukui, 2021
- Bassozetus taenia (Günther, 1887)
- Bassozetus trachibranchus Tomiyama, Takami & Fukui, 2021
- Bassozetus werneri J. G. Nielsen & Merrett, 2000
- Bassozetus zenkevitchi Rass (ru), 1955
References
edit- 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Bassozetus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Bassozetus". FishBase. March 2025 version.
- ↑ 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. doi:10.1007/s10228-015-0491-6.
- ↑ 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. doi:10.1007/s10228-016-0527-6.
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