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Chlopsidae
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The Chlopsidae, or false morays, are a family of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the order Anguilliformes, the eels. The eels in this family are found in coral reefs worldwide. As their name suggests, they somewhat resemble moray eels in appearance. However, they are smaller than true morays, ranging from in length.
Species
false morays
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderAnguilliformes
- FamilyChlopsidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 195
- With media
- 7
- Family
- Chlopsidae
- Collections
- TCWC, USNM, MCZ, SIO, BPBM, VIMS
- Recorded in
- United States, French Polynesia, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Australia, New Caledonia, Indonesia
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Encyclopedic overview
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The Chlopsidae, or false morays, are a family of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the order Anguilliformes, the eels. The eels in this family are found in coral reefs worldwide. As their name suggests, they somewhat resemble moray eels in appearance. However, they are smaller than true morays, ranging from in length.
==Taxonomy== Chlopsidae was first proposed as a family in 1815 by the French polymath and naturalist Constantine Samuel Rafinesque. The 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies Chlopsidae in the monotypic suborder Chlopsoidei within the order Anguilliformes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chlopsidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.