Bicolored false moray

The bicolored false moray, bicoloured false moray, false moray, or bicolor eel,Common names for Chlopsis bicolor at www.fishbase.org. Chlopsis bicolor, is an eel in the family Chlopsidae.Chlopsis bicolor at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1810.Rafinesque, C. S., 1810 [ref. 3595] Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; ossia, catalogo metodico dei nomi latini, italiani, e siciliani dei pesci, che si rinvengono in Sicilia disposti secondo un metodo naturale e seguito da un appendice che contiene la descrizione de alcuni nuovi pesci siciliani. G. del Nobolo, Messina. 1-70, Pls. 1-2. 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.

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