FB-70464 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70464 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Perciformes/Serranoidei Anthiadidae Pseudanthias Pseudanthias gibbosus (Klunzinger, 1884) Mozambique assfish 2024-01-17 2024-01-17 Tomiyama, S., M. Takami and A. Fukui0 A new deepwater assfish, <i>Bassozetus mozambiquensis</i> sp. nov. (Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae), from the western Indian Ocean. Ichthyol. Res. 2016:1-5. (Ref. 107887) FB-DiagnosticDescr-70473 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-03-08 00:00:00 2024-03-08 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70473 This species is distinguished from all its congeners by the following set of characters: D 117; long rakers on first gill arch 14; oblique scales ca. 30; total vertebrae 65; pelvic-fin length 9.5 %SL; with a single median basibranchial tooth patch; sagittal otolith without a small process on anterior margin; dorsal margin smooth; with an ostial channel (Ref. 107887). Tomiyama, S., M. Takami and A. Fukui 2016 A new deepwater assfish, <i>Bassozetus mozambiquensis</i> sp. nov. (Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae), from the western Indian Ocean. Ichthyol. Res. 2016:1-5. (Ref. 107887) FB-Morphology-70473 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-03-08 00:00:00 2024-03-08 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70473 Dorsal soft rays (total): 117; Analsoft rays: 98; Vertebrae: 65 Tomiyama, S., M. Takami and A. Fukui 2016 A new deepwater assfish, <i>Bassozetus mozambiquensis</i> sp. nov. (Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae), from the western Indian Ocean. Ichthyol. Res. 2016:1-5. (Ref. 107887) FB-Distribution-70473 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Patricia Sorongon-Yap 2024-01-18 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70473 Western Indian Ocean: Mozambique Channel. Tomiyama, S., M. Takami and A. Fukui 2016 A new deepwater assfish, <i>Bassozetus mozambiquensis</i> sp. nov. (Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae), from the western Indian Ocean. Ichthyol. Res. 2016:1-5. (Ref. 107887) FB-Uses-70473 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Patricia Sorongon-Yap 2024-01-18 00:00:00 2024-08-19 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70473 fisheries: of no interest FB-Size-70473 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Patricia Sorongon-Yap 2024-01-18 00:00:00 2024-08-19 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70473 43.1 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 107887)) Tomiyama, S., M. Takami and A. Fukui 2016 A new deepwater assfish, <i>Bassozetus mozambiquensis</i> sp. nov. (Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae), from the western Indian Ocean. Ichthyol. Res. 2016:1-5. (Ref. 107887) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-70473 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Patricia Sorongon-Yap 2024-01-18 00:00:00 2024-08-19 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70473 bathypelagic; marine; depth range 1510 - 1600 m (Ref. 107887) Tomiyama, S., M. Takami and A. Fukui 2016 A new deepwater assfish, <i>Bassozetus mozambiquensis</i> sp. nov. (Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae), from the western Indian Ocean. Ichthyol. Res. 2016:1-5. (Ref. 107887)