The common false moray, false moray, grey reef eel, or plain false moray,Common names for ''Kaupichthys diodontus''
at www.fishbase.org. (''Kaupichthys diodontus''), is an eel in the family Chlopsidae.''Kaupichthys diodontus''
at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Leonard Peter Schultz in 1943.Schultz, L. P., 1943 (20 Jan.)

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''Fishes of the Phoenix and Samoan islands collected in 1939 during the expedition of the U. S. S. "Bushnell.".'' Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 180: i-x + 1-316, Pls. 1-9. It is a tropical,

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eel which is known from seaward reefs in the

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regions. It typically dwells at a depth around . Males can reach a maximum total length of . Due to their similarities, ''Kaupichthys diodontus'' is sometimes considered synonymous with '' K. hyoproroides'' (more commonly known as the false moray), but some authors list them as distinct species.

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Chlopsidae Fish described in 1943 {{Anguilliformes-stub