{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Speciesbox | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref>{{cite iucn |author=Ho, H. |year=2020 |title=''Hypopleuron caninum'' |volume=2020 |article-number=e.T137552145A137564100 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T137552145A137564100.en |access-date=23 April 2025}}</ref> | taxon = Hypopleuron caninum | display_parents = 2 | authority = H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 }}

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 {{convert|300|to|575|m|ft|-1}}. This species grows to a length of {{convert|57|cm|in}} SL. It is the only known member of its genus.<ref name = FishBase>{{FishBase |genus= Hypopleuron|species= caninum| month = June | year = 2012}}</ref>

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Category:Ophidiidae Category:Fish described in 1913

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