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