nasus, Bassozetus Garman [S.] 1899:159, Pls. 77, 78 [Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 24; ref. 1540] Off Gulf of Panama, 4°56'N, 80°52'30"W, Albatross station 3381, depth 3243 meters. Lectotype: MCZ 28646 (282 mm SL). Paralectotypes: MCZ 28646-48 (now 2, 1, now 4), USNM 57852 [ex MCZ 28648] (1). Lectotype selected by Nielsen & Merrett 2000:38 [ref. 24949]. •Valid as Bassozetus nasus Garman 1899 -- (Nielsen & Cohen in Nielsen et al. 1999:58 [ref. 24448], Nielsen & Merrett 2000:38 [ref. 24949], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:197 [ref. 28944], Tomiyama et al. 2016:[4] [ref. 34428], Tomiyama et al. 2018:[8] [ref. 35811], Love et al. 2021:81 [ref. 39279], Tomiyama et al. 2021:[13] [ref. 38182], Page et al. 2023:108 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Bassozetus nasus Garman 1899. Ophidiidae: Neobythitinae. Distribution: Central and eastern Pacific: Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) east to central California (U.S.A.), south to Panama. Habitat: marine.
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