''Kaupichthys hyoproroides'', the false moray, common false moray, grey reef eel, reef eel, plain false moray, or double-toothed xenocongrid eel,
Common names for ''Kaupichthys hyoproroides''
at www.fishbase.org. is an eel
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in the family Chlopsidae
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in 1896, originally under the genus ''Leptocephalus
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''.[Strömman, P. H., 1896 ef. 4294''Leptocephalids in the University Zoological Museum at Upsala. Almqvist & Wiksell, Upsala. 1-53, Pls. 1-5.'' eported by Jordan as Sitzungsber. K. Bohm. Ges. Wiss. Prag, v. for 1895 (no. 33):42 pp. in 1895.] It is a subtropical, Marine biology">marine
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eel which is known from coral reefs and rocky shores in the western Atlantic Ocean, including southeastern Florida, United States, USA; the Bahamas, Yucatan, Mexico; the Antilles, and Venezuela. It is a
, solitary eel that typically dwells at depths to 95 m. Males can reach a maximum
of 30 cm.
Due to their similarities, ''Kaupichthys hyoproroides'' is sometimes considered synonymous with ''K. diodontus'' (more commonly known as the
), but some authors list them as distinct species.