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Chlopsidae (False morays)
Etymology: Chlopsis: Greek, chloea = green + Greek, opsis = appearance (Ref. 45335); orientalis: Named for the location of its type locality in the Far East.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; benthopelagic. Tropical
Distribution
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Western Pacific: Vietnam.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 26.9 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 106145)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 432; Anal soft rays: 436; Vertebrae: 135. Distinguished by the following characters: head length is short (ca. 10 % of total length); number of vertebrae - total 135, predorsal 11, preanal 35; body bicolored without white stripes on head; intermuscular bones are very stout (Ref. 106145)..
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Tighe, K.A., J.J. Pogonoski, Y. Hibino, H.-C. Ho and Q.V.. Nguyen, 2015. Three new species of the genus Chlopsis (Anguilliformes: Chlopsidae) from the Indo-Pacific. Zootaxa 4060(1):19-29. (Ref. 106145)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
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).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.9 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (17 of 100).