Black-nostril false moray

Kaupichthys atronasus

Twelve Centimeters Ray of the Pacific Ocean

Black
Tropical
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Oceania
Anguilliform
Small
Tropical fish

The black-nostril false moray, blacknose false moray or blacknose reef eel (Kaupichthys atronasus), is an eel in the family Chlopsidae. It was described by Leonard Peter Schultz in 1953. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from throughout the Indo-Pacific, including the Chagos Islands, Samoa, the Ryukyu Islands, the southern Great Barrier Reef, and Micronesia.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Chlopsidae
Genus: Kaupichthys
Maximum length: 12 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Chagos Islands to Samoa, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to the southern Great Barrier Reef; throughout Micronesia.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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