Stripesnout false moray

The stripesnout false moray[2] (Chlopsis apterus) is an eel in the family Chlopsidae.[3] It was described by William Beebe and John Tee-Van in 1938, originally under the genus Arenichthys.[4] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the eastern Pacific Ocean. It generally dwells at a depth around 82 m.[3]

Stripesnout false moray
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Chlopsidae
Genus: Chlopsis
Species:
C. apterus
Binomial name
Chlopsis apterus
(Beebe & Tee-Van, 1938)
Synonyms[1]
  • Arenichthys apterus Beebe & Tee-Van, 1938

The stripesnout false moray is listed as Least concern by the IUCN redlist, due to its wide distribution, lack of threats, and lack of population decline.[5]

References
  1. Synonyms of Chlopsis apterus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names for Chlopsis apterus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Chlopsis apterus at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Beebe, W. and J. Tee-Van, 1938 (28 Sept.) [ref. 249] Eastern Pacific expeditions of the New York Zoological Society, XV. Seven new marine fishes from Lower California. Zoologica, Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society v. 23 (pt 3, no. 15): 299-312, Pls. 1-3.
  5. Chlopsis apterus at the IUCN redlist.


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