Kaupichthys japonicus

Kaupichthys japonicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Chlopsidae
Genus: Kaupichthys
Species: K. japonicus
Binomial name
Kaupichthys japonicus
Matsubara & Asano, 1960
Synonyms[1]
  • Kaupichthys diodontus japonicus Matsubara & Asano, 1960

Kaupichthys japonicus is an eel in the family Chlopsidae.[2] It was described by Kiyomatsu Matsubara and Hirotoshi Asano in 1960.[3] It was originally a subspecies of Kaupichthys diodontus (the common false moray). It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from Japan (from which its specific epithet is derived) and the South China Sea, in the western Pacific Ocean. Males can reach a maximum total length of 23.8 cm.[2] K. japonicus spawns in the summer.[2]

References

  1. Synonyms of Kaupichthys japonicus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. 1 2 3 Kaupichthys japonicus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Matsubara, K., and H. Asano, 1960 (12 Jan.) [ref. 11928] A new eel of the genus Kaupichthys. Copeia 1959 (no. 4): 293-297.
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