Spectrunculus
Spectrunculus is a genus of cusk-eels found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
| Spectrunculus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Pudgy Cusk-eel (S. grandis) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Ophidiiformes |
| Family: | Ophidiidae |
| Subfamily: | Neobythitinae |
| Genus: | Spectrunculus D. S. Jordan & W. F. Thompson, 1914 |
| Type species | |
| Spectrunculus radcliffei Jordan & Thompson, 1914[1] | |
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Spectrunculus crassus (Vaillant, 1888)
- Spectrunculus grandis (Günther, 1877) (Pudgy cusk-eel)
References
- Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Spectrunculus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Spectrunculus in FishBase. June 2012 version.
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