Bassogigas

Bassogigas
Bassogigas gillii
Scientific classification
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

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

  • Bassogigas gillii Goode & Bean, 1896
  • Bassogiga walker Nielsen & Møller, 2011 - (Walker’s cusk eel)


References

  1. ↑ Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Bassogigas". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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: 783–795. Abstract
  4. ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). Species of Bassogigas in FishBase. February 2006 version.


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