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Bascanichthys  Jordan and Davis, 1891
Taxonomic Serial No.: 161422

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria   
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderElopomorpha   
                            OrderAnguilliformes  – eels, anguilles  
                               SuborderCongroidei   
                                  FamilyOphichthidae  – worm eels, snake eels, serpents de mer, tiesos  
                                     SubfamilyOphichthinae  – snake eels  
                                        TribeBascanichthyini   
                                           GenusBascanichthys Jordan and Davis, 1891  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Species Bascanichthys bascanium (Jordan, 1884) – sooty eel, tieso tiznado 
                                              Species Bascanichthys bascanoides Osburn and Nichols, 1916 – sooty sand eel, tieso manchitas 
                                              Species Bascanichthys ceciliae Blache and Cadenat, 1971  
                                              Species Bascanichthys congoensis Blache and Cadenat, 1971  
                                              Species Bascanichthys cylindricus Meek and Hildebrand, 1923  
                                              Species Bascanichthys deraniyagalai Menon, 1961  
                                              Species Bascanichthys fijiensis (Seale, 1935)  
                                              Species Bascanichthys filaria (Günther, 1872)  
                                              Species Bascanichthys inopinatus McCosker, Böhlke and Böhlke, 1989  
                                              Species Bascanichthys kirkii (Günther, 1870)  
                                              Species Bascanichthys longipinnis (Kner and Steindachner, 1867)  
                                              Species Bascanichthys myersi (Herre, 1932)  
                                              Species Bascanichthys panamensis Meek and Hildebrand, 1923 – Panamic sand eel, tieso panámico 
                                              Species Bascanichthys paulensis Storey, 1939  
                                              Species Bascanichthys pusillus Seale, 1917  
                                              Species Bascanichthys scuticaris (Goode and Bean, 1880) – whip eel, safío pardo 
                                              Species Bascanichthys sibogae (Weber, 1913)  
       

 References
       
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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004, website (version 10-May-04)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Bascanichthys   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Bascanichthys   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Böhlke, E. B., J. E. Böhlke, M. M. Leiby, J. E. McCosker, et al. / Böhlke, Eugenia B., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1989   
  Article/Chapter Title: Orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the Western North Atlantic, no. 1, pt. 9, vol. 1   
  Page(s): xvii + 1-656   
  Publisher: Sears Foundation for Marine Research, Yale University   
  Publication Place: New Haven, Connecticut, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-935868-45-3   
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  Reference for: Bascanichthys   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N.  
  Publication Date: 1990   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Genera of Recent Fishes   
  Page(s): iii + 697   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, CA, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-23-8   
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  Reference for: Bascanichthys   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.  
  Publication Date: 1994   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
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  Reference for: Bascanichthys   
       

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