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Kaupichthys
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Species
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderAnguilliformes
- FamilyChlopsidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 289
- With media
- 10
- Family
- Chlopsidae
- Collections
- USNM, CAS
- Recorded in
- French Polynesia, Philippines, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Fiji, Taiwan
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Species
- References
Kaupichthys is a genus of eels in the family Chlopsidae.
==Etymology== The genus is named in honor of German naturalist Johann Jacob Kaup (1803–1873), as a recognition for his work on apodal fishes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kaupichthys” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.