WoRMS taxon details
Chlopsidae Rafinesque, 1815
Xenocongridae Regan, 1912 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Genus Boehlkenchelys Tighe, 1992
- Genus Catesbya Böhlke & Smith, 1968
- Genus Chilorhinus Lütken, 1852
- Genus Chlopsis Rafinesque, 1810
- Genus Kaupichthys Schultz, 1943
- Genus Powellichthys Smith, 1966
- Genus Robinsia Böhlke & Smith, 1967
- Genus Xenoconger Regan, 1912
- Genus Arenichthys Beebe & Tee-Van, 1938 accepted as Chlopsis Rafinesque, 1810 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Brachyconger Norman, 1922 accepted as Chilorhinus Lütken, 1852 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
- Genus Chilopsis accepted as Chlopsis Rafinesque, 1810 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, of the generic noun)
- Genus Garmanichthys Seale, 1917 accepted as Chlopsis Rafinesque, 1810
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Chlopsidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125426 on 2026-02-24
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Nomenclature
basis of record
van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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additional source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | false moraysFalse moray eels [from synonym] | [details] |
| Japanese | イワアナゴ科イワアナゴ [from synonym] | [details] |
| Russian | псевдомурены [from synonym]Ксеноконгеровые [from synonym] | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Xenocongridae Regan, 1912)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chlopsidae)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Xenocongridae Regan, 1912)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chlopsidae FIN027847 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chlopsidae FIN027852B Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Xenocongridae Regan, 1912)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chlopsidae)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Xenocongridae Regan, 1912)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chlopsidae FIN027847 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chlopsidae FIN027852B Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
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