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Bascanichthys Jordan & Davis, 1891 
AphiaID: 158599

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Anguilliformes (Order) > Ophichthidae (Family) > Ophichthinae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Ophichthinae
Sources  basis of record: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Species Bascanichthys bascanium (Jordan, 1884)
Species Bascanichthys bascanoides Osburn & Nichols, 1916
Species Bascanichthys ceciliae Blache & Cadenat, 1971
Species Bascanichthys congoensis Blache & Cadenat, 1971
Species Bascanichthys cylindricus Meek & Hildebrand, 1923
Species Bascanichthys deraniyagalai Menon, 1961
Species Bascanichthys fijiensis (Seale, 1935)
Species Bascanichthys filaria (Günther, 1872)
Species Bascanichthys inopinatus McCosker, Böhlke & Böhlke, 1989
Species Bascanichthys kirkii (Günther, 1870)
Species Bascanichthys longipinnis (Kner & Steindachner, 1867)
Species Bascanichthys myersi (Herre, 1932)
Species Bascanichthys panamensis Meek & Hildebrand, 1923
Species Bascanichthys paulensis Storey, 1939
Species Bascanichthys pusillus Seale, 1917
Species Bascanichthys scuticaris (Goode & Bean, 1880)
Species Bascanichthys sibogae (Weber, 1913)

Species Bascanichthys hemizona Ogilby, 1897 accepted as Malvoliophis pinguis (Günther, 1872)
Species Bascanichthys longissimus (Cadenat & Marchal, 1963) accepted as Phaenomonas longissima (Cadenat & Marchal, 1963)
Link To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158599
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-05-26 07:43:32Z  created  Cuvelier, Daphne
2013-01-04 15:09:25Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Bascanichthys Jordan & Davis, 1891. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158599 on 2013-05-24
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