Kaupichthys hyoproroides, the false moray, common false moray, grey reef eel, reef eel, plain false moray, or double-toothed xenocongrid eel,Common names for Kaupichthys hyoproroides at www.fishbase.org. is an eel in the family Chlopsidae.Kaupichthys hyoproroides at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Pehr Hugo Strömman in 1896, originally under the genus Leptocephalus.Strömman, P. H., 1896 [ref. 4294] Leptocephalids in the University Zoological Museum at Upsala. Almqvist & Wiksell, Upsala. 1-53, Pls. 1-5. [Reported by Jordan as Sitzungsber. K. Bohm. Ges. Wiss. Prag, v. for 1895 (no. 33):42 pp. in 1895. 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. It is a benthic, solitary eel that typically dwells at depths to 95 m. Males can reach a maximum total length of 30 cm.
Due to their similarities, Kaupichthys hyoproroides is sometimes considered synonymous with K. diodontus (more commonly known as the common false moray), but some authors list them as distinct species.
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