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Chlopsis bicolor (Bicolor eel; Bicolored false moray; Bicoloured false moray; Bicouloured false moray; False moray)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Not to be confused with the Bicolor false moray (Chlopsis bicollaris) The bicolored false moray, bicoloured false moray, false moray, or bicolor eel, Chlopsis bicolor, is an eel in the family Chlopsidae. It was described by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1810. 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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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary IV 2387149 Florida, United States

Prey / Diet

Alpheus glaber (red snapping shrimp)[1]
Medorippe lanata[1]
Processa canaliculata (processa shrimp)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Carpentieri, P., Colloca, F. and Ardizzone, G. (2007), Rhythms of feeding activity and food consumption of two Mediterranean burrowing fishes: Gnathophis mystax (Delaroche) and Chlopsis bicolor Rafinesque. Marine Ecology, 28: 487–495
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0