Spectrunculus
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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
[edit ]There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Spectrunculus crassus (Vaillant, 1888)
- Spectrunculus grandis (Günther, 1877) (Pudgy cusk-eel)
References
[edit ]- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Spectrunculus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Spectrunculus". FishBase . June 2012 version.
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