Bassanago

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Elopocephalai
Supercohors: Elopocephala
Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha
Ordo: Anguilliformes
Subordo: Congroidei

Familia: Congridae
Subfamilia: Congrinae
Genus: Bassanago
Species: B. albescens – B. bulbiceps – B. hirsutus – B. nielseni
Name

Bassanago Whitley, 1948: 71

Type species: Bassanago bulbiceps Whitley, 1948. Type by original designation (also monotypic).
References

Whitley, G.P. 1948: Studies in ichthyology. 13. Records of the Australian Museum, 22(1): 70–94.
Gomon, M.F. , C.J.M. Glover & R.H. Kuiter (Eds.) 1994: The fishes of Australia's south coast. Flora and Fauna of South Australia Handbooks Committee. State Printer, Adelaide: 1–992.

Vernacular names
English: Conger Eels

Bassanago is a genus of marine congrid eels.
Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1]

Bassanago albescens (Barnard, 1923) (hairy conger)
Bassanago bulbiceps Whitley, 1948 (swollen-headed conger eel)
Bassanago hirsutus (Castle, 1960) (deepsea conger)
Bassanago nielseni (Karmovskaya, 1990)

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Bassanago in FishBase. December 2012 version.

Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8