Bassanago albescens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Congroidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Elopocephalai Supercohors: Elopocephala Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha Ordo: Anguilliformes Subordo: Congroidei

Familia: Congridae
Subfamilia: Congrinae
Genus: Bassanago
Species: Bassanago albescens

Name

Bassanago albescens Barnard, 1923: 442

Holotype: SAM 12275.

Type locality: Off Cape Point, South Africa, depth 250 fathoms [457 meters].

References

• Barnard, K.H. 1923: Diagnoses of new species of marine fishes from South African waters. Annals of the South African Museum, 13(pt 8, no. 14): 439–445.
• Caires, R.A. & J.L. Figueiredo 2011: The northernmost record of Bassanago albescens and comments on the occurrence of Rhynchoconger guppyi (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Congridae) along the Brazilian coast. Journal of Fish Biology, 78: 366–372.

• Bassanago albescens in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Hairy Conger

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