Whiptail cusk

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

{{Speciesbox

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Ho, H. |year=2020 |title=Hypopleuron caninum |volume=2020 |page=e.T137552145A137564100 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T137552145A137564100.en |access-date=23 April 2025}}

| 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.{{FishBase |genus= Hypopleuron|species= caninum| month = June | year = 2012}}