Atlantic Bicolored False Moray
Chlopsis bicolor
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
The bicolored false moray, bicoloured false moray, false moray, or bicolor eel, Chlopsis bicolor, is an eel in the family Chlopsidae. It was described by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1810. 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.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Anguilliformes
- Family
- Chlopsidae
- Genus
- Chlopsis