Mexican false moray

Chlopsis kazuko

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
Central America and the Caribbean
North America
Anguilliform
Small
Tropical fish

Chlopsis kazuko is an eel in the family Chlopsidae. It was described by Robert J. Lavenberg in 1988. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the Gulf of California, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Chlopsidae
Genus: Chlopsis
Maximum length: 11.3 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Eastern Central Pacific: Gulf of California. Mexico southward to Costa Rica (Ref. 97056 ).
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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