# Spectrunculus grandis

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{{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](/source/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](/source/Albert_G%C3%BCnther), 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](/source/David_Starr_Jordan) & [W.F. Thompson](/source/William_Francis_Thompson_(biologist)), 1914</small>
| synonyms_ref = <ref name = FishBase>{{FishBase|Spectrunculus|grandis|month=February|year=2018}}</ref> 
}}

'''''Spectrunculus grandis''''' is a species of [Rhizopharyngia](/source/Rhizopharyngia) [ray-finned fish](/source/Actinopterygii) in the [cusk-eel family](/source/Ophidiidae) known by the common names '''pudgy cusk-eel''' and '''giant cusk-eel'''. It is one of two species in the formerly monotypic genus ''[Spectrunculus](/source/Spectrunculus)'', the other species, ''[S. crassus](/source/Spectrunculus_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](/source/Copeia)'' 3:542-51.</ref>

The pudgy cusk-eel is a common fish of deep oceans worldwide. It is [bathydemersal](/source/demersal_fish), living along the [ocean floor](/source/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](/source/Teleostei) 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](/source/Atlantic_Ocean) are often pale while [Pacific Ocean](/source/Pacific_Ocean) specimens are usually darker.<ref name=uib/>

The fish is [oviparous](/source/Oviparity), the eggs floating in masses.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{FishBase | genus = Spectrunculus | species = grandis | month = July | year = 2009}}
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Category:Ophidiidae
Category:Fish described in 1877
Category:Taxa named by Albert Günther

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