false moray

Kaupichthys hyoproroides

Double toothed reef eel

Tropical
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
Central America and the Caribbean
North America
Oceania
South America
Anguilliform
Medium
Tropical fish

Kaupichthys hyoproroides, the false moray, common false moray, grey reef eel, reef eel, plain false moray, or double-toothed xenocongrid eel, is an eel in the family Chlopsidae. It was described by Pehr Hugo Strömman in 1896, originally under the genus Leptocephalus. It is a subtropical, marine eel which is known from coral reefs and rocky shores in the western Atlantic Ocean, including southeastern Florida, USA; the Bahamas, Yucatan, Mexico; the Antilles, and Venezuela.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Chlopsidae
Genus: Kaupichthys
Maximum length: 30 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: East Africa to the Marquesas and Society islands, north to the Ryukyu and Hawaiian islands; throughout Micronesia. Western Atlantic: southeastern Florida (USA), Bahamas, and Yucatan, Mexico to the Antilles (Ref. 26340 ) and Venezuela (Ref. 7251 ). However, according to Tighe, the Indo-Pacific species Kaupichthys diodontus , may be distinct from Kaupichthys hyproroides of the Atlantic (Ref. 11303 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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