Species Bassozetus robustus Smith & Radcliffe, 1913

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• Bassozetus robustus Smith, H.M. & Radcliffe, L. in Radcliffe, L. 1913. Descriptions of seven new genera and thirty-one new species of fishes of the families Brotulidae and Carapidae from the Philippine Islands and the Dutch East Indies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 44(1948): 135-176 pls 7-17 [156, pl. 11(fig. 3)].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 74140, Palawan Passage, Philippines, 730 fathoms (1335m). [10°54´00"N, 118°26´20"E].

  Secondary source:

   Tomiyama, S., Takami, M. & Fukui, A 2022. Description of two new species of Bassozetus (Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae) and a redescription of Bassozetus robustus Smith and Radcliffe 1913. Ichthyological Research 69: 17-30 (redescription).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

East of Dunk Island, QLD and off Sydney, NSW, Lord Howe Rise and Norfolk Ridge; tropical, Indo-west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Province (12), Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Transition (19), Norfolk Island Province (21)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope.

Extra Ecological Information

1190-1800m

 

General References

Fricke, R., Kulbicki, M. & Wantiez, L. 2011. Checklist of the fishes of New Caledonia, and their distribution in the Southwest Pacific Ocean (Pisces). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie) Neue Serie 4: 341-463 [366]

Hoese, D.F., Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E. & Bray, D.J. 2006. Ophidiidae. pp. 556-566 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [557]

Nielsen, J.G. 1997. Deepwater ophidiiform fishes from off New Caledonia with six new species. In, Séret, B. (ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, v. 17. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 174: 51-82 [55]

Nielsen, J.G., Cohen, D.M., Markle, D.F. & Robins, C.R. 1999. Ophidiiform Fishes of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125 Vol. 18. 178 pp. [58]

Nielsen, J.G. & Cohen, D.M. 1986. Family No. 96: Ophidiidae. pp. 345-350 in Smith, M.M. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds). Smith's Sea Fishes. Johannesburg : Macmillan South Africa xx + 1047 pp. 144 pls. [345]

Nielsen, J.G. & Merrett, N.R. 2000. Revision of the cosmopolitan deep-sea genus Bassozetus (Pisces: Ophidiidae) with two new species. Galathea Report 18: 7-56 1 pl. 39 figs [43]

Nielsen. J.G. 1999. Families Carapidae, Ophidiidae, Bythitidae, Aphionidae. pp. 1978-1985 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [1980]

Tomiyama, S., Takami, M. & Fukui, A 2022. Description of two new species of Bassozetus (Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae) and a redescription of Bassozetus robustus Smith and Radcliffe 1913. Ichthyological Research 69: 17-30

 

Common Name References

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Robust Assfish)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023	OPHIDIIFORMES	15-Sep-2023	MODIFIED
22-Jun-2015	OPHIDIIFORMES	17-May-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED