Species Spectrunculus grandis (Günther, 1877)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Sirembo grandis Günther, A. 1877. Preliminary notes on new fishes collected in Japan during the expedition of H.M.S. Challenger. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 20(56): 433-446 [437].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1887.12.7.40 (Original description lists locality only as "South of Yeddo" (Yeddo=Edo=Tokyo)), 65km southeast of Kamogawa, Japan, 1875 fathoms [34°37'N, 140°32'E].

 

Generic Combinations

• Parabassogigas grandis (Günther, 1877). —
  Nybelin, O. 1957. Deep-sea bottom fishes. Report of the Swedish Deep-Sea Expedition 1947–1948 2(20): 247-345 [298] (changed combination as type of genus Parabassogigas)
• Spectrunculus grandis (Günther, 1877). —
  Nielsen, J.G. & Hureau, J.-C. 1980. Revision of the ophidiid genus Spectrunculus Jordan & Thompson, 1914, a senior synonym of Parabassogigas Nybelin, 1957 (Pisces, Ophidiiformes). Steenstrupia 6: 149-169 [162]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Lord Howe Rise and S of Cape Everard, VIC;tropical, temperate, circumglobal between 57°N and 59°S.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southeast Transition (11), Tasman Basin Province (13)

Ecological Descriptors

Abyssopelagic, bathypelagic.

 

General References

Cohen, D.M. & Nielsen, J.G. 1978. Guide to the identification of genera of the fish order Ophidiiformes with a tentative classification of the order. National Marine Fisheries Service (U.S.). Technical Report 417: 1-72 figs 1-103 [39] (As Spectrunculus radcliffei)

Nielsen, J.G., Cohen, D.M., Markle, D.F. & Robins, C.R. 1999. Ophidiiform Fishes of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125 Vol. 18. 178 pp. [90]

Nielsen, J.G. & Cohen, D.M. 1986. Family No. 96: Ophidiidae. pp. 345-350 in Smith, M.M. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds). Smith's Sea Fishes. Johannesburg : Macmillan South Africa xx + 1047 pp. 144 pls. [350]

Nielsen, J.G. & Hureau, J.-C. 1980. Revision of the ophidiid genus Spectrunculus Jordan & Thompson, 1914, a senior synonym of Parabassogigas Nybelin, 1957 (Pisces, Ophidiiformes). Steenstrupia 6: 149-169 [162]

Nielsen, J. G. & Møller, P. R. 2011. Revision of the bathyal cusk-eels of the genus Bassogigas (Ophidiidae) with description of a new species from off Guam, west Pacific Ocean. Journal of Fish Biology 78: 783-795 [785]

Uiblein, F., Nielsen, J. G. & Møller, P. R. 2008. Systematics of the ophidiid genus Spectrunculus (Teleostei: Ophidiiformes) with a resurrection of S. crassus. Copeia 3: 542-551 [544]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	OPHIDIIFORMES	10-Aug-2011	ADDED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)