Black-nostril false moray
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Chlopsidae
Genus: Kaupichthys
Species:
K. atronasus
Binomial name
Kaupichthys atronasus

The black-nostril false moray, blacknose false moray or blacknose reef eel[1] (Kaupichthys atronasus), is an eel in the family Chlopsidae.[1][2] It was described by Leonard Peter Schultz in 1953.[3] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from throughout the Indo-Pacific, including the Chagos Islands, Samoa, the Ryukyu Islands, the southern Great Barrier Reef, and Micronesia. It typically dwells in coral reefs at depths greater than 14 m. They can reach a maximum total length of 12 cm (4.7 in).[1]

The black-nostril false moray is considered an uncommon species.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2016). "Kaupichthys atronasus" in FishBase. June 2016 version.
  2. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke; R. van der Laan, eds. (1 November 2016). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  3. Schultz, L. P., E. S. Herald, E. A. Lachner, A. D. Welander and L. P. Woods, 1953 Fishes of the Marshall and Marianas islands. Vol. I. Families from Asymmetrontidae through Siganidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 202, v. 1: i-xxxii + 1–685, Pls. 1–74.


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