Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Anguilliformes | |
The black-nostril false moray, blacknose false moray, or blacknose reef eel, Kaupichthys atronasus, is an eel in the family Chlopsidae. It was described by Leonard Peter Schultz in 1953. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from throughout the Indo-Pacific, including the Chagos Islands, Samoa, the Ryukyu Islands, the southern Great Barrier Reef, and Micronesia. It typically dwells in coral reefs at depths greater than 14 m. They can reach a maximum total length of 12 cm (4.7 in).
The black-nostril false moray is considered an uncommon species.
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