| revision of the bathyal cusk-eels of the genus bassogigas (ophidiidae) with description of a new species from off guam, west pacific ocean. | the bathyal genus bassogigas (teleostei: ophidiidae) is revised based on 25 specimens, 18 from the west atlantic ocean and seven from the indo-west pacific ocean. one specimen, from off guam, west pacific ocean, represents a new species, walker's cusk eel bassogigas walkeri. the other 24 specimens all belong to the type species, gills cusk eel bassogigas gillii. a comparison between the atlantic and the indo-west pacific ocean specimens of b. gillii showed no differences in meristic and morphome ... | 2011 | 21366572 |