Bassanago nielseni | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Congridae |
Genus: | Bassanago |
Species: | B. nielseni
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Binomial name | |
Bassanago nielseni (Karmovskaya, 1990)
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Bassanago nielseni is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). [3] It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya in 1990, originally under the genus Pseudoxenomystax. [4] It is a marine, deep-water dwelling eel which is known from the central and southern part of the Nazca Ridge, in the southeastern Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 160–340 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 46.5 centimetres. [3]
The species epithet was given in honour of Jorgen Nielsen, a specialist in the study of deep-sea fish. [3]