grandis, Sirembo Günther [A.] 1877:437 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4) v. 20 (no. 119) (art. 56); ref. 2009] Near Yokohama [65 kilometers southeast of Kamogawa], Chiba Prefecture, Japan, Challenger station 237, 34°37'N, 140°32'E, depth 1875 fathoms [= 3431 meters]. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1887.12.7.40. •Valid as Spectrunculus grandis (Günther 1877) -- (Nielsen & Hureau 1980:162 [ref. 5585], Machida in Masuda et al. 1984:101 [ref. 6441], Nielsen in Whitehead et al. 1986:1165 [ref. 13677], Nielsen & Cohen 1986:350 [ref. 5700], Peden & Hughes 1986:7 [ref. 9714], Paulin et al. 1989:131 [ref. 24556], McAllister 1990:136 [ref. 14674], Nielsen 1990:573 [ref. 16246], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:145 [ref. 25472], Shinohara et al. 1996:168 [ref. 26605], Santos et al. 1997:53 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:110 [ref. 24952], Nielsen 1999:336 [ref. 24424], Nielsen & Cohen in Nielsen et al. 1999:90 [ref. 24448], Nakabo 2000:443 [ref. 25086], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:23 [ref. 25650], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:265 [ref. 25968], Nakabo 2002:443 [ref. 26001], Nielsen & Robins 2003:969 [ref. 27008], Moore et al. 2003:207 [ref. 27076], Mundy 2005:246 [ref. 28379], Duhamel et al. 2005:276 [ref. 32059], Love et al. 2005:51 [ref. 37547], Garrido-Linares & Acero P. 2006:295 [ref. 28946], Uiblein et al. 2008:544 [ref. 29800], Nielsen & Møller 2011:785 [ref. 31447], Parin et al. 2014:183 [ref. 33547], Nielsen & Møller 2015:719 [ref. 34259], Bañón et al. 2016:317 [ref. 34397], Nielsen 2016:1951 [ref. 34583], Williams et al. 2018:99 [ref. 36359], Burton & Lea 2019:51 [ref. 37205], Carneiro et al. 2019:159 [ref. 37250], Bañón & Maño 2021:61 [ref. 38883], Gerringer et al. 2021:2 [ref. 38756], Love et al. 2021:84 [ref. 39279], Fermon et al. 2022:207 [ref. 39448], Uiblein et al. 2023:477 [ref. 40580]). Current status: Valid as Spectrunculus grandis (Günther 1877). Ophidiidae: Neobythitinae. Distribution: Western to northeastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.