Chilorhinus
Sign in to saveChilorhinus is a small genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Chlopsidae, the false morays. These eels occur in tropical waters
Species
False moray
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderAnguilliformes
- FamilyChlopsidae
Habitatmarine
Observations0
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 12
- Family
- Chlopsidae
- Collections
- UMMZ, CAS, SIO, BPBM, TU, ROM
- Recorded in
- Netherlands Antilles, United States, Puerto Rico, Bonaire, Saint Eustatius And Saba, Antilles
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Chlopsidae
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- taxon name
- Chilorhinus
- taxon rank
- genus
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Chilorhinus is a small genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Chlopsidae, the false morays. These eels occur in tropical waters
==Species== Chilorhinus contains the following two species: Chilorhinus platyrhynchus (Norman, 1922) (flatnose xenocongrid eel) Chilorhinus suensonii Lütken, 1852 (seagrass eel)
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