Spectrunculus

Genus of fishes

Spectrunculus
Pudgy Cusk-eel (S. grandis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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]

Spectrunculus is a genus of cusk-eels found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[2]

  • Spectrunculus crassus (Vaillant, 1888)
  • Spectrunculus grandis (Günther, 1877) (Pudgy cusk-eel)

References

  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Spectrunculus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Spectrunculus". FishBase. June 2012 version.
Taxon identifiers
Spectrunculus
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