Image: Whiptail Cusk skeleton

Whiptail Cusk skeleton

A Whiptail Cusk skeleton found washed up on a beach in Dumaguete. Philippines, May 2010.

Photographer:
Barry Russell
Rights:
© Barry Russell
Common name:
Whiptail Cusk
Scientific name:
Hypopleuron caninum
Family:
Ophidiidae
Order:
Ophidiiformes

Additional information

The skeleton was about 12 cm in length.

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Tags fishes, ichthyology, Whiptail Cusk, Hypopleuron caninum, Ophidiidae,