The bicolored false moray, bicoloured false moray, false moray, or bicolor eel,[1] Chlopsis bicolor, is an eel in the family Chlopsidae.[2] It was described by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1810.[3] 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. It typically dwells at a depth of 80–365 m. Males can reach a maximum total length of 42 cm.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Chlopsidae |
| Genus: | Chlopsis |
| Species: | C. bicolor
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| Binomial name | |
| Chlopsis bicolor Rafinesque, 1810
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References
edit- ^ Common names for Chlopsis bicolor at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Chlopsis bicolor Archived 2013-04-12 at archive.today at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Rafinesque, C. S., 1810 [ref. 3595] Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; ossia, catalogo metodico dei nomi latini, italiani, e siciliani dei pesci, che si rinvengono in Sicilia disposti secondo un metodo naturale e seguito da un appendice che contiene la descrizione de alcuni nuovi pesci siciliani. G. del Nobolo, Messina. 1-70, Pls. 1-2.
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