Biology:Bicolor false moray

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Bicolor false moray
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Chlopsidae
Genus: Chlopsis
Species:
C. bicollaris
Binomial name
Chlopsis bicollaris
(Myers & Wade, 1941)
Synonyms[1]
  • Garmanichthys bicollaris Myers & Wade, 1941

The bicolor false moray[2] (Chlopsis bicollaris) is an eel in the family Chlopsidae.[3] It was described by George S. Myers and Charles Barkley Wade in 1941, originally under the genus Garmanichthys.[4] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from around the Galapagos Islands in the southeastern Pacific Ocean. Males are known to reach a maximum total length of 20 cm.[3]

Due to the species' endemicity to the Galapagos Islands and its 1200-km2-area of occupancy, the IUCN redlist currently lists the bicolor false moray as Near Threatened.[5]

References

  1. Synonyms of Chlopsis bicollaris at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names for Chlopsis bicollaris at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Chlopsis bicollaris at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Myers, G. S., and C. B. Wade, 1941 (25 June) [ref. 3133] Four new genera and ten new species of eels from the Pacific coast of tropical America. Allan Hancock Pacific Expedition 1932-40, Los Angeles v. 9 (no. 4): 65-111, Pls. 7-16.
  5. Chlopsis bicollaris at the IUCN redlist.

Wikidata ☰ Q10450339 entry