Bassanago
| Bassanago | |
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| Bassanago bulbiceps | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Subfamily: | Congrinae |
| Genus: | Bassanago Whitley, 1948 |
| Type species | |
| Bassanago bulbiceps Whitley, 1948
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| Species | |
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Bassanago is a genus of marine congrid eels.
Species
[edit]There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Bassanago albescens (Barnard, 1923) (hairy conger)
- Bassanago bulbiceps Whitley, 1948 (swollen-headed conger eel)
- Bassanago hirsutus (Castle, 1960) (deepsea conger)
- Bassanago nielseni (Karmovskaya, 1990)
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Bassanago". FishBase. December 2012 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8