The bicolor false moray (''Chlopsis bicollaris'') is an

eel Eels are ray-finned fish belonging to the order Anguilliformes (), which consists of eight suborders, 19 families, 111 genera, and about 800 species. Eels undergo considerable development from the early larval stage to the eventual adult stage ...

in the family

Chlopsidae The Chlopsidae, or false morays, are a family of eels found in coral reefs worldwide. As their name suggests, they somewhat resemble moray eels in appearance. However, they are smaller than true morays, ranging from in length. Genera The family ...

.''Chlopsis bicollaris''
at www.fishbase.org. It was described by

George S. Myers George Sprague Myers (February 2, 1905 – November 4, 1985) was an American ichthyologist who spent most of his career at Stanford University. He served as the editor of ''Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin'' as well as president of the American So ...

and

Charles Barkley Wade Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was " ...

in 1941, originally under the genus '' Garmanichthys''.Myers, G. S., and C. B. Wade, 1941 (25 June) ef. 3133''Four new genera and ten new species of eels from the Pacific coast of tropical America.'' Allan Hancock Pacific Expedition 1932-40, Los Angeles v. 9 (no. 4): 65-111, Pls. 7-16. It is a

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eel which is known from around the Galapagos Islands in the southeastern

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. Males are known to reach a maximum

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of 20 cm. Due to the species'

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ity to the Galapagos Islands and its 1200-km²-area of occupancy, the IUCN redlist currently lists the bicolor false moray as Near Threatened.''Chlopsis bicollaris''
at the IUCN redlist.

References

Chlopsidae Taxa named by George S. Myers Taxa named by Charles Barkley Wade Fish described in 1941 {{Anguilliformes-stub