''Bassogigas'' is a genus of cusk eel from the subfamily Neobythitinae, part of the

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Ophidiidae The cusk-eel family, Ophidiidae, is a group of marine bony fishes in the Ophidiiformes order. The scientific name is from the Greek ''ophis'' meaning "snake", and refers to their eel-like appearance. True eels, however, diverged from other ray- ...

. The generic name "''Bassogigas''" comes from a combination of two

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words: ''bassus'', which means "deep" and ''gigas'' which means "giant". The species are found in the Indo-Pacific and western Atlantic Ocean. Abstract

Species

The following two species are contained within the genus ''Bassogigas'': * '' Bassogigas gillii'' Goode & Bean, 1896 * '' Bassogigas walkeri'' Nielsen & Møller, 2011 – (Walker's cusk eel)

References

{{Ophidiidae-stub Ophidiidae Marine fish genera Ray-finned fish genera Taxa named by Tarleton Hoffman Bean Taxa named by George Brown Goode