Family Chlopsidae - False morays
  Order
:
Chlopsidae
  Class
:
Teleostei
No. in FishBase
:
Genera : 8 | Species : 25 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
  Environment
:
Fresh : No | Brackish : No | Marine : Yes
  Division
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Marine
  Aquarium
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none
  First Fossil Record
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  Remark
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Distribution: Atlantic, Indian and Pacific. Tropical and subtropical. Gill openings small, roundish and situated laterally. Head with lateral line pores, absent on body. Branchial pores 1 or 2. Scaleless. Some without pectoral fins. Posterior nostril opening into the lip in Kaupichthys nuchalis of the Western Atlantic; otherwise, the nostril is displaced ventrally. Vertebrae often 100-105. Pelagic eggs (Ref. 44843). Leptocephali (larvae) showed curling behavior which make them resemble gelatinous zooplankton, e.g. jellyfishes, in observations made at Osprey Reef, Coral Sea. This behavior could be an evolved response to threats by potential predators according to this study (Ref. 99222). Observations of the curling bahavior were captured in this video link: http://australianmuseum.net.au/Leptocephalus-curling-behavior
  Etymology
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Greek, chloa, -as = green + Greek, ops = similar to ( Ref. 45335).
  Reproductive guild
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nonguarders
  Typical activity level
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  Main Ref.
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  Coordinator
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  Deep Fin Classification
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Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Elopocephalai | | Elopomorpha | | | | | | | | | | Anguilliformes | | | Chlopsidae

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Ref.
[ e.g. 9948]
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[ e.g. cephalopods]


Species/Synonymy list for the family Chlopsidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Chlopsis bicolor Rafinesque, 1810
acceptedseniororiginal
Chlopsis longidens (Garman, 1899)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Chlopsis dentatus (Seale, 1917)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
! Chilopsis dentatus (Seale, 1917)
synonymseniornew
Chlopsis apterus (Beebe & Tee-Van, 1938)
acceptedseniornew
Arenichthys apterus Beebe & Tee-Van, 1938
synonymseniororiginal
Chlopsis bicollaris (Myers & Wade, 1941)
acceptedseniornew
Garmanichthys bicollaris Myers & Wade, 1941
synonymseniororiginal
Chlopsis olokun (Robins & Robins, 1966)
acceptedseniornew
Xenoconger olokun Robins & Robins, 1966
synonymseniororiginal
Chlopsis bicolor (non Rafinesque, 1810)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Chlopsis kazuko Lavenberg, 1988
acceptedseniororiginal
Chlopsis bidentatus Tighe & McCosker, 2003
acceptedseniororiginal
Chlopsis slusserorum Tighe & McCosker, 2003
acceptedseniororiginal
Chlopsis nanhaiensis Tighe, Ho, Pogonoski & Hibino, 2015
acceptedseniororiginal
Chlopsis orientalis Tighe, Hibino & Nguyen, 2015
acceptedseniororiginal
Chlopsis sagmacollaris Pogonoski & Tighe, 2015
acceptedseniororiginal
Chilorhinus suensonii Lütken, 1852
acceptedseniororiginal
! Chilorhinus suensoni Lütken, 1852
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Xenoconger fryeri Regan, 1912
acceptedseniororiginal
Kaupichthys diodontus Schultz, 1943
acceptedseniororiginal
Kaupichthys hyoproroides (Strömman, 1896)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
! Kaupichthys hypoproroides (Strömman, 1896)
synonymseniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
Kaupichthys atronasus Schultz, 1953
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Kaupichthys japonicus Matsubara & Asano, 1960
acceptedseniorchange in rank
Kaupichthys diodontus japonicus Matsubara & Asano, 1960
synonymseniororiginal
Kaupichthys nuchalis Böhlke, 1967
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Robinsia catherinae Böhlke & Smith, 1967
acceptedseniororiginal
! Robinsia caterinae Böhlke & Smith, 1967
synonymseniororiginal
Catesbya pseudomuraena Böhlke & Smith, 1968
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymseniorother
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