Bassozetus compressus

Bassozetus compressus

Taxonavigation: Ophidiiformes
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: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ophidiaria Ordo: Ophidiiformes

Name

Bassozetus compressus (Günther, 1878)

Type locality: South of New Guinea, 12°08'S, 145°10'E, Challenger station 184, depth 2562 meters.

Etymology: .

English: Abyssal Assfish

Günther, A.C.L.G. 1878. Preliminary notices of deep-sea fishes collected during the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 5) 2 (7/8/9)(art. 2/22/28): 17–28, 179–187, 248–251. BHL Reference page.
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. (First online: 26 September 2015). DOI: 10.1007/s10228-015-0491-6 Reference page.

Bassozetus compressus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Bassozetus compressus in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

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