Shortfin False Moray
Kaupichthys brachychirus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Anguilliformes
- Family
- Chlopsidae
- Genus
- Kaupichthys
Where to Find
Found in 16 diving areas across 11 countries and 4 regions.
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 1 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 21 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 11 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 2 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 5 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 6 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 5 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 1 records
- Flores, Indonesia - 9 records
- Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia - 1 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 10 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 2 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 4 records