Chlopsidae

bicolor eel

Chlopsis bicolor

Eel from Mexican Waters

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Africa
• North America
• South America
• Anguilliform
• Medium
• Tropical fish

The bicolored false moray, bicoloured false moray, false moray, or bicolor eel, Chlopsis bicolor, is an eel in the family Chlopsidae. It was described by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1810. It is a subtropical, marine eel which is known from throughout the eastern and western Atlantic Ocean, including southern Florida, USA; Mexico, southern Brazil, eastern Morocco, Mauritania, and the northern Mediterranean.