''Bassogigas'' is a genus of
cusk eel from the
subfamily Neobythitinae, part of the
family
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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.
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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
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Ophidiidae
Marine fish genera
Ray-finned fish genera
Taxa named by Tarleton Hoffman Bean
Taxa named by George Brown Goode