Bassozetus Explained

Bassozetus is a genus of cusk-eels found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean.

Species

There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:

• Bassozetus compressus (Günther, 1878) (Abyssal assfish) ^[1]
• 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) ^[2]
• Bassozetus multispinis Shcherbachev, 1980
• Bassozetus nasus Garman, 1899
• Bassozetus normalis Gill, 1883
• Bassozetus oncerocephalus (Vaillant, 1888)
• Bassozetus robustus H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 (Robust assfish)
• Bassozetus taenia (Günther, 1887)
• Bassozetus werneri J. G. Nielsen & Merrett, 2000
• Bassozetus zenkevitchi Rass (ru), 1955

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. 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.