Scientific Name	Bassozetus compressus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Günther, 1878)	Depth	1134 - 5456M
Chinese	扁索深鼬魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鼬鳚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F222　Ophidiidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	扁索深鼬鳚
Max Length	22.6 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	鼬魚
Distribution in World	global	Distribution in Taiwan	East、South West、North East
Habitats	Deep Sea、Benthos	Holotype Locality	South of New Guinea, 12°08'S, 145°10'E, Challenger station 184, depth 2562 meters
Synonyms	Bathynectes compressus, Bathyonus compressus
Reference	Yen, H. M., M. Y. Lee & K. T. Shao. 2005. Fifteen Taiwanese new records of Ophidiid fishes (Pisces: Ophidiidae) collected from the deep waters by the RV `Ocean Researcher I'. J. Fish. Sec. Taiwan, 32: 279-299；Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins. 1999. Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125, Vol. 18. Rome, FAO, 178 p. 136 figs.   Günther, A. 1878 Nielsen, J. G., D. M. Cohen, D. F. Markle etc. 1999 Yeh, H.M., M.Y. Lee, etc. 2005
Specimen List	ASIZP0066072. ASIZP0066092. ASIZP0066211. ASIZP0801278. ASIZP0801480. ASIZP0801615. ASIZP0911480. ASIZP0911615.
Barcode	2008-03-25,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100%
Common Name	Abyssal assfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
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