Kaupichthys japonicus is an eel in the family Chlopsidae.[2] It was described by Kiyomatsu Matsubara and Hirotoshi Asano in 1960.[3] It was originally a subspecies of Kaupichthys diodontus (the common false moray). It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from Japan (from which its specific epithet is derived) and the South China Sea, in the western Pacific Ocean. Males can reach a maximum total length of 23.8 centimetres (9.4 in).[2] K. japonicus spawns in the summer.[2]

References

  1. ^ Synonyms of Kaupichthys japonicus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ a b c Kaupichthys japonicus Archived 2013-04-12 at archive.today at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Matsubara, K., and H. Asano, 1960 (12 Jan.) [ref. 11928] A new eel of the genus Kaupichthys. Copeia 1959 (no. 4): 293-297.


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaupichthys_japonicus
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