bicolor eel

Chlopsis bicolor

Eel from Mexican Waters

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Africa
North America
South America
Anguilliform
Medium
Tropical 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.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Chlopsidae
Genus: Chlopsis
Maximum length: 42 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic (Ref. 106145 ). Western Atlantci: southern Florida in USA and Mexico to southern Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: Morocco to Mauritania including northern Mediterranean (Ref. 7251 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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