Chlopsis olokun

Chlopsis olokun

Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Africa
Anguilliform
Medium

Chlopsis olokun is an eel in the family Chlopsidae. It was described by Charles Richard Robins and Catherine H. Robins in 1966, originally under the genus Xenoconger. It is a marine, deep-water eel which is known from Senegal to the Democratic Republic of Congo, in the eastern Atlantic Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Chlopsidae
Genus: Chlopsis
Maximum length: 30.2 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: off West Africa from Senegal to Angola.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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