🌊 Marine
Least Concern
🌡️ Tropical
Bicolor false moray
Chlopsis bicollaris Myers & Wade, 1941
📖 Overview
Rare. The sixteen individuals which have been collected were captured by dipnets at the surface under electric lights .
Scientific Name
Chlopsis bicollaris
Authority
Myers & Wade, 1941
Habitat
Marine
Climate
Tropical
IUCN Status
LC
Max Length
20 cm
Trophic Level
3.8
Vulnerability
10.00/100
Salinity
30–40 ppt
🔬 Taxonomy
Class
Teleostei
Teleostei
Order
Anguilliformes
Anguilliformes
Family
Chlopsidae
Chlopsidae
Genus
Chlopsis
Chlopsis
Species
Bicolor false moray
Chlopsis bicollaris
🐟 Physical Description
: eel-like.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Bicolor false moray is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
aquatic invertebrates
small fish
algae
detritus
🥚 Reproduction
🐣 Oviparous
📦 Batch Spawner
Spawning Season
spring-summer
Spawn Location
Pelagic
Fertilization
External
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; demersal. Tropical Southeast Pacific: endemic to Galapagos Islands.
🌿 Ecology
Zone Preferences
🌊 Marine
⬇️ Benthic
Trophic Level
3.8±0.6
📐 Morphometrics
Length–Weight Relationship:
W = 0.00102 × L3.06
(TL)
Max TL
20cm
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
Salinity Range
30–40ppt
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
IUCN Category
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2022
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
Fishing Vulnerability
10.00/100
Low vulnerability
Trophic Level
3.8
Predator
Climate Zone
Tropical
Described By
Myers & Wade, 1941
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