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Chlopsidae

Description

Chlopsidae

Kaupichthys brachychirus Schultz in Schultz, Herald, Lachner, Welander & Woods, 1953 —Shortfin false moray

STATUS AT MADANG. New record from Madang, based on ANSP material (ANSP 124460). DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Central Indonesia east to Society Islands, south to Queensland (Australia). Cryptic in coral reefs, 6– 45 m. Marine.

Kaupichthys diodontus Schultz, 1943 —Common false moray

STATUS AT MADANG. New record from Madang, based on WAM material (WAM P.30624-007). DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. East Africa east to Hawaiian and Pitcairn islands, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to northern Australia. Cryptic in coral reefs, 0– 56 m. Marine.

Kaupichthys hyoproroides (Strömman, 1896) —False moray

STATUS AT MADANG. First record from Madang by Kailola (1975: 15). KFRS material.

DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. East Africa east to Hawaiian and Society islands, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia; tropical western Atlantic. Cryptic in coral reefs, 0– 95 m. Marine.

Notes

Published as part of Fricke, Ronald, Allen, Gerald R., Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Hamel, Mélanie A., Laboute, Pierre, Mana, Ralph, Hui, Tan Heok & Uyeno, Daisuke, 2014, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of Madang District, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 820 new records, pp. 1-247 in Zootaxa 3832 (1) on page 17, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3832.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/250559

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Biodiversity

Family
Chlopsidae
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Anguilliformes
Phylum
Chordata
Taxon rank
family

References

  • Kailola, P. J. (1975) A catalogue of the fish reference collection at the Kanudi Fisheries Research Laboratory, Port Moresby. Department of Agriculture, Stock & Fisheries, Port Moresby, Research Bulletin, 16, 1 - 277.