Bassogigas
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| Bassogigas | |
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| Bassogigas gillii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Ophidiiformes |
| Family: | Ophidiidae |
| Subfamily: | Neobythitinae |
| Genus: | Bassogigas Goode & Bean, 1896 |
| Type species | |
| Bassogigas gillii Goode & Bean, 1896[1] | |
Bassogigas is a genus of cusk eel from the subfamily Neobythitinae, part of the family Ophidiidae. The generic name "Bassogigas" comes from a combination of two Latin words: bassus, which means "deep" and gigas which means "giant".[2] The species are found in the Indo-Pacific and western Atlantic Ocean.[3]
