Bassozetus

Bassozetus
Bassozetus compressus
Bassozetus taenia
Scientific classification
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]

• Bassozetus compressus (Günther, 1878) (Abyssal assfish) ^[3]
• 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) ^[4]
• Bassozetus multispinis Shcherbachev, 1980
• Bassozetus nasus Garman, 1899
• Bassozetus nielseni Tomiyama, Takami & Fukui, 2018 (Masked assfish)
• Bassozetus normalis Gill, 1883
• Bassozetus oncerocephalus (Vaillant, 1888)
• Bassozetus robustus H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 (Robust assfish)
• Bassozetus squamosus Tomiyama, Takami & Fukui, 2021
• Bassozetus taenia (Günther, 1887)
• Bassozetus trachibranchus Tomiyama, Takami & Fukui, 2021
• Bassozetus werneri J. G. Nielsen & Merrett, 2000
• Bassozetus zenkevitchi Rass (ru), 1955

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Bassozetus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
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.