Whiptail cusk
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| Whiptail cusk | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Ophidiiformes |
| Family: | Ophidiidae |
| Subfamily: | Neobythitinae |
| Genus: | Hypopleuron |
| Species: | H. caninum
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| Binomial name | |
| Hypopleuron caninum H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913
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The whiptail cusk (Hypopleuron caninum) 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 (980 to 1,890 ft). This species grows to a length of 57 centimetres (22 in) SL. It is the only known member of its genus.[2]
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