Chlopsidae

Chlopsis bicolor

The Chlopsidae ( Gr. " chloa " - "as" = green, " ops " = similar; Syn: Xenocongridae ) are a family of fish from the order of eel-like ( Anguilliformes ). The small, only eleven to 42 inches long expectant animals live in the tropical and subtropical Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Ocean.

Features

You do not have scales, the species of the genera Chlopsis and Robinsia also lack pectoral fins. The gill openings are reduced to small, round, side openings. The lateral line consists of only a few pores on the head. The nostrils are located at the rear moved down and lie (not for Kaupichthys nuchalis ) in the lips. The fish have 100-150 vertebrae.

Species

There are 24 species in nine genera.

  • Genus Boehlkenchelys ( Tighe, 1992) Boehlkenchelys longidentata ( Tighe, 1992)
  • Catesbya pseudomuraena ( Bohlke & Smith, 1968)
  • Chilorhinus platyrhynchus (Norman, 1922)
  • Chilorhinus suensonii ( Lütken, 1852)
  • Chlopsis apterus ( Beebe & Tee - Van, 1938)
  • Chlopsis bicollaris ( Myers & Wade, 1941)
  • Chlopsis bicolor ( Rafinesque, 1810)
  • Chlopsis bidentatus ( Tighe & McCosker, 2003)
  • Chlopsis gyrus ( Seale, 1917)
  • Chlopsis Kazuko ( Lavenberg, 1988)
  • Chlopsis longidens ( Garman, 1899)
  • Chlopsis olokun ( Robins & Robins, 1966)
  • Chlopsis slusserorum ( Tighe & McCosker, 2003)
  • Kaupichthys atronasus ( Schultz, 1953)
  • Kaupichthys brachychirus ( Schultz, 1953)
  • Kaupichthys diodontus ( Schultz, 1943)
  • Kaupichthys hyoproroides ( Strömman, 1896)
  • Kaupichthys japonicus ( Matsubara & Asano, 1960)
  • Kaupichthys nuchalis ( Bohlke, 1967)
  • Powellichthys ventriosus (Smith, 1966)
  • Robinsia catherinae ( Bohlke & Smith, 1967)
  • Thalassenchelys coheni ( Castle & Raju, 1975)
  • Thalassenchelys foliaceus ( Castle & Raju, 1975)
  • Xenoconger fryeri ( Regan, 1912)

Swell

  • Joseph S. Nelson: Fishes of the World, John Wiley & Sons, 2006, ISBN 0-471-25031-7
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