Hypopleuron caninum

Hypopleuron caninum
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Ophidiidae
Genus: Hypopleuron
H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913
Species: H. caninum
Binomial name
Hypopleuron caninum
H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913

Hypopleuron caninum, the whiptail cusk, is a species of cusk-eel found in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans where it occurs at depths of from 300 to 575 metres (984 to 1,886 ft). This species grows to a length of 57 centimetres (22 in) SL. It is the only known member of its genus.

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