WoRMS taxon details
Bassanago hirsutus (Castle, 1960)
279866 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:279866)
accepted
Species
Pseudoxenomystax hirsutus Castle, 1960 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pseudoxenomystax hirsutus Castle, 1960) Castle, P. H. J. (1960). Two eels of the genus Pseudoxenomystax from New Zealand waters. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> v. 88 (pt 3): 463-472. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Bassanago hirsutus (Castle, 1960). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=279866 on 2026-07-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pseudoxenomystax hirsutus Castle, 1960) Castle, P. H. J. (1960). Two eels of the genus Pseudoxenomystax from New Zealand waters. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> v. 88 (pt 3): 463-472. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (24 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Pseudoxenomystax hirsutus Castle, 1960)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bassanago hirsutus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pseudoxenomystax hirsutus Castle, 1960)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Pseudoxenomystax hirsutus Castle, 1960)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Pseudoxenomystax hirsutus Castle, 1960)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bassanago hirsutus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pseudoxenomystax hirsutus Castle, 1960)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Pseudoxenomystax hirsutus Castle, 1960)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
