Bicolored false moray

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Bicolored false moray
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Chlopsidae
Genus: Chlopsis
Species:
C. bicolor
Binomial name
Chlopsis bicolor
Rafinesque, 1810

The bicolored false moray, bicoloured false moray, false moray, or bicolor eel, [1] Chlopsis bicolor, is an eel in the family Chlopsidae. [2] It was described by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1810. [3] It is a subtropical, marine eel which is known from throughout the eastern and western Atlantic Ocean, including southern Florida, USA; Mexico, southern Brazil, eastern Morocco, Mauritania, and the northern Mediterranean. It typically dwells at a depth of 80–365 m. Males can reach a maximum total length of 42 cm. [2]

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References

  1. Common names for Chlopsis bicolor at www.fishbase.org.
  2. 1 2 Chlopsis bicolor Archived 2013-04-12 at Archive.today at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Rafinesque, C. S., 1810 [ref. 3595] Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; ossia, catalogo metodico dei nomi latini, italiani, e siciliani dei pesci, che si rinvengono in Sicilia disposti secondo un metodo naturale e seguito da un appendice che contiene la descrizione de alcuni nuovi pesci siciliani. G. del Nobolo, Messina. 1-70, Pls. 1-2.