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Ophidiidae (Cusk-eels) > Neobythitinae
Etymology: Bassogigas: Latin, bassus = thick, fat + Latin, gigas, gigantis = giant (Ref. 45335); walkeri: Named for H. J. Walker, SIO.
Eponymy: Harold J Walker Jr is a Senior Museum Scientist and Collections Manager at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Nielsen & Møller.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / نطاق العمق / distribution range
البيئة
بحري قاعية المعيشة; نطاق العمق 2333 - 2590 m (Ref. 86400). Tropical
Western Pacific: Guam.
الحجم / وزن / العمر
النضج: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 50.5 cm SL ذكر/ مختلط الجنس; (Ref. 86400)
وصف مختصر
مفاتيح التعريف | الوصف الخارجي | قياسات المظهر الخارجي
الأشعة الظهرية الناعمة (المجموع) : 104; أشعه شرجية لينه: 82; فقرات: 59. This species is distinguished and differs from B. gillii by its short lateral line, snout to end of lateral line 39.5% SL (vs. 64-80% SL) and ending below dorsal fin ray number 10 (vs. 47-69) and above vertebra number 12 (vs. 31-43); scales in midline of body 175 (vs. 130-150); distance between base of pelvic fins and anal fin origin 34.5% SL (vs. 24.0-32.5% SL); two median basibranchial tooth patches, the anterior long and narrow (vs. short and broad); scale rows between origin of dorsal fin and lateral line 11 (vs. 7-8); sagitta thick, 23% its length (vs. 12-16% its height (Ref. 86400).
Life cycle and mating behavior
النضج | التكاثر | وضع البيض | بيض | الخصوبة | Larvae
Nielsen, J.G. and P.R. Møller, 2011. Revision of the bathyal cusk-eels of the genus Bassogigas (Ophidiidae) with description of a new species from off Guam, west Pacific Ocean. J. Fish Biol. 78(3):783-795. (Ref. 86400)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
استخدامات بشرية
مصائد: غير ذات اهمية
أدوات
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مصادر علي الأنترنت
Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (مرجع
82804): PD
50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
مستوى غذائي (مرجع
69278): 3.7 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
المرونه (مرجع
120179): وسيط, الحد الزمني الأدني لتضاعف عدد أفراد المجتمع 1.4-4.4 سنة (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (45 of 100).
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