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Class: Teleostei
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Chlopsidae False morays

Genus: Chlopsis

(See list of species below)



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12 species
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Chlopsis apterus Stripesnout false moray Eastern Pacific 25 TL 1938
Chlopsis bicollaris Bicolor false moray Southeast Pacific 20 TL 1941
Chlopsis bicolor Bicolor eel Mediterranean Sea and the 42 TL 1810
Chlopsis bidentatus Western Central Pacific 16.7 TL 2003
Chlopsis dentatus Mottled false moray Western Atlantic and West 19.9 TL 1917
Chlopsis kazuko Mexican false moray Eastern Central Pacific 11.3 SL 1988
Chlopsis longidens Central Eastern Pacific 1899
Chlopsis nanhaiensis Western Pacific 27 TL 2015
Chlopsis olokun Eastern Atlantic 30.2 TL 1966
Chlopsis orientalis Western Pacific 26.9 TL 2015
Chlopsis sagmacollaris Eastern Indian Ocean 22.8 TL 2015
Chlopsis slusserorum Western Central Pacific 14.1 TL 2003



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