Whiptail Cusk
Hypopleuron caninum
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
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. This species grows to a length of 57 centimetres (22 in) SL. It is the only known member of its genus.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Ophidiiformes
- Family
- Carapidae
- Genus
- Hypopleuron