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Chlopsidae (False morays)
Etymology: Kaupichthys: Because of Johann Jakob Kaup, 1827; author of "Zoologische Monographien", ichthyologist + Greek, ichthys = fish.
Eponymy: Johann Jakob von Kaup (1803–1873) was a German zoologist and palaeontologist who became the Director of the Grand Duke’s natural history ‘cabinet’ in Darmstadt. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin récifal. Tropical
Western Atlantic: Texas, USA and the Bahamas to the Antilles (Ref. 26340) and northern South America. Northwestern Gulf of Mexico to Caribbean (Ref. 26938).
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 16.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 7251)
Moderately slender eel, with pale band around head behind eye (Ref. 26938).
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.
A benthic and solitary species (Ref. 26340) occurring in and around coral reefs. Sometimes lives in tubular sponges, and suggested that this is its primary habitat (Ref. 26938).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Température préférée (Réf.
123201): 25.5 - 28.2, mean 27.4 °C (based on 635 cells).
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00102 (0.00046 - 0.00225), b=3.06 (2.88 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 3.7 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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Nutriments (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 70.1 [36.7, 140.3] mg/100g; Iron = 0.562 [0.320, 1.086] mg/100g; Protein = 18.3 [16.0, 20.8] %; Omega3 = 0.138 [0.058, 0.397] g/100g; Selenium = 28.3 [12.4, 61.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 197 [49, 728] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.53 [1.02, 2.20] mg/100g (wet weight);