Bassanago nielseni

Bassanago nielseni

Southern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
Anguilliform
Medium

Bassanago nielseni is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya in 1990, originally under the genus Pseudoxenomystax. It is a marine, deep-water dwelling eel which is known from the central and southern part of the Nazca Ridge, in the southeastern Pacific Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Congridae
Genus: Bassanago
Water type: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform