Ophididae

Bañon, Rafael, Arronte, Juan Carlos, Rodriguez-Cabello, Cristina, Piñeiro, Carmen-Gloria, Punzon, Antonio & Serrano, Alberto, 2016, Commented checklist of marine fishes from the Galicia Bank seamount (NW Spain), Zootaxa 4067 (3), pp. 293-333 : 317

Family Ophididae

Spectrunculus grandis (Günther, 1877) —Pudgy cusk eel ( Fig. 19 )

One specimen of 55 cm TL was caught at a depth of 1,809 m. Habitat and Distribution: bathydemersal; depth range 800–4,300 m, usually 2,000–3,000 m. Widely distributed in all oceans, between 57°N and 59°S. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), HHV (FishBase).

Figures

FIGURE 19. Spectrunculus grandis.