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Mottled false moray
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Chlopsidae
Genus:	Chlopsis
Species:	C. dentatus
Binomial name
	Chlopsis dentatus; (Seale, 1917)
Synonyms
	Garmanichthys dentatus Seale, 1917; Chilopsis dentatus (Seale, 1917) (misspelling);

The mottled false moray^[2] (Chlopsis dentatus), is an eel in the family Chlopsidae.^[3] It was described by Alvin Seale in 1917, originally under the genus Garmanichthys.^[4] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the west coast of Africa (based on larval specimens collected from there), as well as regions in the eastern and western Atlantic, western Pacific, and western Indian Oceans. It typically dwells at a depth of 64–355 m. Males can reach a maximum total length of 19.9 cm.^[3]

The specific epithet is derived from the Latin word dentatus, meaning "teeth". The common name comes from the irregular, mottled appearance of adult specimens.^[3]

References

^ Synonyms of Chlopsis dentatus at www.fishbase.org.
^ Common names for Chlopsis dentatus at www.fishbase.org.
^ ^a ^b ^c Chlopsis dentatus at www.fishbase.org.
^ Seale, A., 1917 (May) [ref. 4001] See ref. at BHL New species of apodal fishes. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 61 (no. 4): 79-94.