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Bassogigas
Bassogigas gillii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]

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]

Species

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The following two species are contained within the genus Bassogigas:[4]

References

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  1. ^ 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 BassogigasinFishBase. February 2006 version.

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