Homostolus acer

Homostolus acer
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Ophidiidae
Genus: Homostolus
H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913
Species: H. acer
Binomial name
Homostolus acer
H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913

Homostolus acer, the filament cusk, is a species of cusk-eel found in the western Pacific Ocean from the waters off of Japan to Australia and New Caledonia where it occurs at depths of from 300 to 1,000 metres (980 to 3,280 ft). This species grows to a length of 18.4 centimetres (7.2 in) SL and is of minor importance to commercial fisheries. It is the only known member of its genus.

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