Collared eel

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Collared eel
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K. nuchalis
Binomial name
Kaupichthys nuchalis
J. E. Böhlke, 1967

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The collared eel[1] (Kaupichthys nuchalis) is an eel in the family Chlopsidae.[2] It was described by James Erwin Böhlke in 1967.[3] It is a tropical, marine eel known from coral reefs in the western Atlantic Ocean, including Texas, USA; the Bahamas, the Antilles, northern South America, the northwestern Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean. It is a benthic, solitary eel that primarily resides in tubular sponges. Males can reach a maximum total length of 16 cm.[2]

References

  1. Common names for Kaupichthys nuchalis at www.fishbase.org.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kaupichthys nuchalis at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Böhlke, J. E., 1967 (27 Jan.) [ref. 602] The descriptions of three new eels from the tropical west Atlantic. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 118 (no. 4): 91-108.

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