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Chlopsidae (False morays)
Etymology: Chlopsis: Greek, chloea = green + Greek, opsis = appearance (Ref. 45335); bidentatus: From the Latin bi for two and dentatus for toothed, referring to its distinctive vomerine dentition (Ref. 47953).
More on authors: Tighe & McCosker.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin bathydémersal; profondeur 300 - 503 m (Ref. 47953). Deep-water
Western Central Pacific: New Caledonia and Fiji.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 16.7 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 47953)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Vertèbres: 125 - 128. Bicolored pigmentation, light brown above and distinctly white ventrally; dorsal origin about one-eye diameter behind gill opening; vomerine dentition in two biserial rows anteriorly (Ref. 47953).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larves
Tighe, K.A. and J.E. McCosker, 2003. Two new species of the genus Chlopsis (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Chlopsidae) from the southwestern Pacific. Zootaxa 236:1-8. (Ref. 47953)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 8.3 - 17.2, mean 13 °C (based on 15 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5002 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00102 (0.00046 - 0.00225), b=3.06 (2.88 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 3.7 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).