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Ophidiidae (Cusk-eels) > Neobythitinae
Etymology: Bassozetus: Latin, bassus = thick, fat + Greek, ketos = marine mosnter, whale (Ref. 45335); nielseni: Named for Dr. Jørgen G. Nielsen (Associate Professor Emeritus in University of Copenhagen), for his contribution on the taxonomy of ophidiid fishes (Ref. 119401).
Eponymy: Jørgen G Nielsen (d: 1932) is a Danish zoologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino batidemersal; rango de profundidad 3155 - 5440 m (Ref. 119401). Tropical
North Atlantic and Western Indian Ocean. Tropical to subartic.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 61.5 cm SL (female)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 122 - 129; Radios blandos anales: 101 - 109; Vértebra: 68 - 71. This species can be distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: D 122-129; long rakers on 1st gill arch 11-14; oblique scales 20-25; abdominal vertebrae 13-14; HL 18.1-21.3% SL; body depth at anal-fin origin 8.2-14.6% SL; predorsal length 16.4-20.1% SL; tail length 62.7-68% SL; posterior tip of pelvic-fin rays anterior to anus; one medial basibranchial tooth patch; dorsal margin of sagittal otolith smooth. Colouration: pale yellowish brown fins (preserved condition).
Cross section: oval.
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Tomiyama, S., M. Takami and A. Fukui, 2018. A new deepwater assfish, Bassozetus nielseni sp. nov. (Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae), from the North Atlantic and West Indian oceans. Ichthyol. Res. 65:353-362. (Ref. 119401)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00380 (0.00166 - 0.00868), b=3.14 (2.94 - 3.34), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
3.7 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179) |
Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Moderate to high vulnerability (51 of 100). 🛈 |