giant cuskeel

Spectrunculus grandis

One Hundred Twenty Seven Centimeters Eel

Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Elongated
Large

Spectrunculus grandis is a species of Rhizopharyngia ray-finned fish in the cusk-eel family known by the common names pudgy cusk-eel and giant cusk-eel. It is one of two species in the formerly monotypic genus Spectrunculus, the other species, S. crassus, having been differentiated in 2008. The pudgy cusk-eel is a common fish of deep oceans worldwide.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Cusk-eels
Family: Ophidiidae
Genus: Spectrunculus
Maximum length: 127 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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