Bassozetus werneri Nielsen & Merrett, 2000
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Bassozetus werneri Nielsen & Merrett, 2000
- Name authority
- Nielsen & Merrett, 2000
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Ophidiiformes
- Family
- Ophidiidae
- Genus
- Bassozetus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderOphidiiformes
- familyOphidiidae Rafinesque, 1810
- subfamilyNeobythitinae Radcliffe, 1913
- genusBassozetus Gill, 1883
- speciesBassozetus werneri Nielsen & Merrett, 2000
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Bassozetus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Bassozetus compressus (Günther, 1878) | OphidiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bassozetus mozambiquensis Tomiyama, Takami & Fukui, 2016 | OphidiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bassozetus nielseni Tomiyama, Takami & Fukui, 2018 | OphidiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bassozetus squamosus Tomiyama, Takami & Fukui, 2021 | OphidiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bassozetus glutinosus (Alcock, 1890) | OphidiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bassozetus multispinis Shcherbachev, 1980 | OphidiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bassozetus nasus Garman, 1899 | OphidiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bassozetus robustus Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 | OphidiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bassozetus taenia (Günther, 1887) | OphidiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Zenkevitch's cusk-eelBassozetus zenkevitchi Rass, 1955 | OphidiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bassozetus levistomatus Machida, 1989 | OphidiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Nielsen, J. G., & Merrett, N. R. (2000). Revision of the cosmopolitan deep-sea genus Bassozetus (Pisces: Ophidiidae) with two new species. Galathea Report, 18: 7–56. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:KVKM. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.