The filament cusk (''Homostolus acer'') is a species of
cusk-eel found in the western
Pacific Ocean from the waters off of
Japan
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to
Australia
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and
New Caledonia
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where it occurs at depths of from . This species grows to a length of
SL and is of minor importance to
commercial fisheries. It is the only known member of its
genus.
References
Ophidiidae
Monotypic fish genera
Fish described in 1913
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