Bassogigas gilli Goode & Bean 1896

Mincarone, Michael M., Nielsen, Jørgen G., Costa, Paulo A. S. & Rv, Rv, 2008, Deep-sea ophidiiform fishes collected on the Brazilian continental slope, between 11 ° and 23 ° S, Zootaxa 1770 (1), pp. 41-64 : 49

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.1770.1.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5123880
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scientific name	Bassogigas gilli Goode & Bean 1896
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Bassogigas gilli Goode & Bean 1896 View in CoL

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Material examined. 11 specimens, 383–874 mm SL: MOVI 38587-38590 View Materials (4, 548– 874 mm), E-0526; MOVI 38593 View Materials (1, 820 mm), E-0509; MOVI 38594 View Materials (1, 675 mm), E-0544; MOVI 38595 View Materials (1, 847 mm), E-0501; MOVI 38596 View Materials (1, 697 mm), E-0527; MOVI 38640-38641 View Materials (2, 383– 521 mm), AG1-8; MOVI 38677 View Materials (1, 394 mm), AG1-1 .

Diagnosis. As for genus.

Distribution. Western Atlantic, from 40°N and 23°S, southern Africa between Cape Town and Madagascar, and off New Caledonia ( Nielsen et al. 1999), at depths from 637 to 2239 m.

Remarks. Collected from several stations off Bahia, Espírito Santo, and Rio de Janeiro, at depths from 1158 to 2239 m (depth record). Previously reported in Brazilian waters to north of Vitória-Trindade Seamount Chain, at 637 m depth ( Séret & Andreata 1992).