Bicolored_false_moray

Bicolored false moray

Bicolored false moray

Species of fish

Not to be confused with Bicolor false moray (Chlopsis bicollaris).

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. [1]
    Common names for Chlopsis bicolor at www.fishbase.org.
  2. [2]
    Chlopsis bicolor Archived 2013-04-12 at archive.today at www.fishbase.org.
  3. [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.
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