Species FAO code: OPH

Bassozetus elongatus

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Commercial designations
Production methods and fishing gears
Species distribution and habitat
Species description

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
France	fr abadèche lingue fr abadèche	–
Sweden	sv Grönfisk [Ophidion elongatus synonym for Bassozetus elongatus]	–

Main production methods

Caught

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Bassozetus elongatus Smith & Radcliffe, 1913

Habitat

Saltwater

FAO major fishing areas

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Bassozetus elongatus Smith & Radcliffe, 1913

Scientific name

Bassozetus elongatus

Author

Smith & Radcliffe, 1913

Rank

Species

FAO code

OPH

Morphological description

Snout inflated; eyes much smaller than snout; opercular spine weak or absent; preopercle without spines and posteriorly expanded almost reaching posterior margin of opercle; pseudobranchial filaments 2 (Ref. 34024).

Taxonomic classification

ClassActinopterygii
- OrderOphidiiformes
  - FamilyOphidiidae
    - GenusBassozetus
      - SpeciesBassozetus elongatus

Synonyms

Ophidion elongatus (Smith & Radcliffe, 1913)

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Bassozetus elongatus Smith & Radcliffe, 1913

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Bassozetus elongatus

Commercial designations

Main production methods

Habitat

FAO major fishing areas

Area 51 - Indian Ocean, Western

Area 57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern

Area 71 - Pacific, Western Central