Bassozetus

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Bassozetus
Bassozetus compressus.jpg
Bassozetus compressus
Bassozetus taenia.jpg
Bassozetus taenia
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Ophidiidae
Subfamily: Neobythitinae
Genus: Bassozetus
Gill, 1883
Type species
Bassozetus normalis
Gill, 1883 [1]

Bassozetus is a genus of cusk-eels found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. [2]

Species

There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus: [1] [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Bassozetus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Bassozetus". FishBase . March 2025 version.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.