FB-54223 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=54223 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Ophidiiformes Ophidiidae Bassozetus Bassozetus elongatus Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 1999-10-15 2010-06-02 Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.)0 Catalog of fishes. Special Publication, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. 3 vols. 2905 p. (Ref. 26282) McAllister, D.E.0 A working list of fishes of the world. Copies available from D.E. McAllister, Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O. Box 3443, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6P4, Canada. 2661 p. plus 1270 p. Index. (Ref. 27116) Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins0 Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(18):178p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 34024) Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen. Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen. (Ref. 40919) Shcherbachev, Y.N.0 Preliminary list of thalassobathyal fishes of the tropical and subtropical waters of the Indian Ocean. J. Ichthyol. 27(2):37-46. (Ref. 44037) Shcherbachev, Y.N.0 Preliminary review of deep-sea ophidiids (Ophidiidae, Ophidiiformes) of the Indian Ocean. Trudy Inst. Okeanol. 110:105-176. (Ref. 58167) Nielsen, J.G. and N.R. Merrett0 Revision of the cosmopolitan deep-sea genus <i>Bassozetus</i> (Pisces: Ophidiidae) with two new species. Galathea Report 18:7-56. (Ref. 84269) FB-GeneralDescr-54233 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1999-10-18 00:00:00 2024-05-09 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=54233 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Occurs on or near the bottom at continental slope depths (Ref. 84269). Rare species (Ref. 34024). Reproductive strategy possibly similar to other members of this family featuring oviparity, with oval pelagic eggs floating in a gelatinous mass (Ref. 205). A female specimen caught was with 0.5 mm eggs (Ref. 84269). Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins 1999 Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(18):178p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 34024) FB-DiagnosticDescr-54233 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2000-09-29 00:00:00 2000-09-29 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ FAO General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=54233 Snout inflated; eyes much smaller than snout; opercular spine weak or absent; preopercle without spines and posteriorly expanded almost reaching posterior margin of opercle; pseudobranchial filaments 2 (Ref. 34024). Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins 1999 Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(18):178p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 34024) FB-Distribution-54233 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1999-10-18 00:00:00 2024-08-09 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=54233 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Indian Ocean. High Seas only. Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins 1999 Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(18):178p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 34024) FB-Uses-54233 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1999-10-18 00:00:00 2024-05-09 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=54233 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses fisheries: of no interest Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins 1999 Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(18):178p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 34024) FB-Size-54233 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1999-10-18 00:00:00 2024-05-09 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=54233 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size 44.7 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 58167)) Shcherbachev, Y.N. 1980 Preliminary review of deep-sea ophidiids (Ophidiidae, Ophidiiformes) of the Indian Ocean. Trudy Inst. Okeanol. 110:105-176. (Ref. 58167) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-54233 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1999-10-18 00:00:00 2024-05-09 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=54233 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat bathydemersal; marine; depth range 1500 - 2000 m (Ref. 58167) Shcherbachev, Y.N. 1980 Preliminary review of deep-sea ophidiids (Ophidiidae, Ophidiiformes) of the Indian Ocean. Trudy Inst. Okeanol. 110:105-176. (Ref. 58167)