{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Speciesbox | image = Spectrunculus grandis 2.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name = IUCN>{{cite journal | author1 = Knudsen, S. | author2 = Nielsen, J. | author3 = Uiblein, F. | name-list-style = amp | year = 2015 | title = ''Spectrunculus grandis'' | journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume = 2015 | page = e.T18139045A60799962 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T18139045A60799962.en | doi-access = free }}</ref> | taxon = Spectrunculus grandis | authority = (Günther, 1877) | synonyms = *''Spectrunculus grandis'' <small>(Günther, 1877)</small> *''Sirembo grandis'' <small>Günther, 1877</small> *''Bassogigas grandis'' <small>(Günther, 1877)</small> *''Neobythites grandis'' <small>(Günther, 1877)</small> *''Spectrunculus radcliffei'' <small>Jordan & W.F. Thompson, 1914</small> | synonyms_ref = <ref name = FishBase>{{FishBase|Spectrunculus|grandis|month=February|year=2018}}</ref> }}
'''''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.<ref name=uib>Uiblein, F., et al. (2008). Systematics of the Ophidiid genus ''Spectrunculus'' (Teleostei: Ophidiiformes) with resurrection of ''S. crassus''. ''Copeia'' 3:542-51.</ref>
The pudgy cusk-eel is a common fish of deep oceans worldwide. It is bathydemersal, living along the ocean floor most often at depths between 2000 and 3000 metres, and known from waters as deep as 4800 metres. It is one of the largest bony fishes living below 2000 meters, reaching up to 127 centimetres in length.<ref name=uib/> The male is larger than the female and darker in colour. It has a long, laterally compressed body and a rounded snout with a single fleshy anterior nostril in front of a flat posterior nostril.<ref name=uib/> The fish varies in coloration from pale with white fins to light brown to dark brown; individuals from the Atlantic Ocean are often pale while Pacific Ocean specimens are usually darker.<ref name=uib/>
The fish is oviparous, the eggs floating in masses.
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==External links== * {{FishBase | genus = Spectrunculus | species = grandis | month = July | year = 2009}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q2379931}}
Category:Ophidiidae Category:Fish described in 1877 Category:Taxa named by Albert Günther
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