| Stripesnout false moray | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Chlopsidae |
| Genus: | Chlopsis |
| Species: | C. apterus |
| Binomial name | |
| Chlopsis apterus (Beebe & Tee-Van, 1938) | |
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The stripesnout false moray (Chlopsis apterus) is an eel in the family Chlopsidae. It was described by William Beebe and John Tee-Van in 1938, originally under the genus Arenichthys. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the eastern Pacific Ocean. It generally dwells at a depth around 82 m.
The stripesnout false moray is listed as Least concern by the IUCN redlist, due to its wide distribution, lack of threats, and lack of population decline.
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