Chlopsis bicolor

Rafinesque, 1810 · species

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Animalia/Chordata/Anguilliformes/Chlopsidae/Chlopsis

At a glance

Occurrence records355

Data sources9

Biological traits6

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections2

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Chlopsis bicolor's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility207 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System148 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources6 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS355 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 2 countries2 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

01Narrative

The bicolored false moray, bicoloured false moray, false moray, or bicolor eel,Common names for Chlopsis bicolor at www.fishbase.org. Chlopsis bicolor, is an eel in the family Chlopsidae.Chlopsis bicolor at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1810.Rafinesque, C. S., 1810 [ref. 3595] Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; ossia, catalogo metodico dei nomi latini, italiani, e siciliani dei pesci, che si rinvengono in Sicilia disposti secondo un metodo naturale e seguito da un appendice che contiene la descrizione de alcuni nuovi pesci siciliani. G. del Nobolo, Messina. 1-70, Pls. 1-2. It is a subtropical, marine eel which is known from throughout the eastern and western Atlantic Ocean, including southern Florida, USA; Mexico, southern Brazil, eastern Morocco, Mauritania, and the northern Mediterranean. It typically dwells at a depth of 80–365 m. Males can reach a maximum total length of 42 cm.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesFishBase

Size & morphology1

Body length42 cm

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonedemersal

Other traits3

Depth max365 m

Depth min80 m

Vulnerability32

05DNA & barcoding2 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Chlopsis bicolor has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

BINs1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections2

Countries2

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type355 records

Wild obs. + sensor13

Museum / vouchered331

Other11

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO808 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit39

200–1000 m twilight24

1–4 km midnight4

>4 km abyssal0

median 120 m · max 3 500 m · 67 records with depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 2

2 georeferenced · 11 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor13

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy13% within 1 km

≤1 km 10≤10 km 7>10 km 60

77 georeferenced · 254 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence331

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions4 of 16 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
South Kensington, GB	55
Cambridge, US	51
Washington, US	46
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	11
FishBaselocation not on record	9
Zoologisches Museum Hamburglocation not on record	5
North Carolina Museum of Natural Scienceslocation not on record	5
ICM-CSIClocation not on record	4
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record	3
SCSDlocation not on record	2
UFESlocation not on record	1
IEO-COMA-CSIClocation not on record	1
CASlocation not on record	1
Chicago, US	1
University of California San Diegolocation not on record	1
National Natural History Collectionslocation not on record	1

16 institutions · 197 of 331 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Chlopsis bicolor was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found2

Studies independent surveys1

Countries2

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 2 detections have coordinates

Open the map2 countries0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median25.7 °C 25.1–26.3

Seasonal swing summer↔winter13.8 °C

Max temp (day)26.6 °C 26.0–27.1

Min temp (night)24.9 °C 24.2–25.5

Precipitation17.9 mm/mo 3.70–32.0

Air humidity64.3 % 63.9–64.7

Vapour deficit1,178 Pa 1,150–1,205

Cloud cover18.2 % 10.5–26.0

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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