Species: Chlopsis bicolor, Bicolor eel, Bicolor false moray, Bicolor false-moray

Chlopsis bicolor Rafinesque, 1810.

Bicolor false-moray, Bicolor eel

Moderately elongate, slightly compressed; snout bluntly pointed; large eyes; front nostril tubular, points downward; rear nostril opens on outside of top lip under front edge of eye, but concealed by a flap; mouth moderately large, extends just behind eye; no flange on either lip; jaw teeth small, slender, conical, a round patch at front of top jaws; upper and lower jaw teeth in 2 rows, inner row larger; 2 series of teeth on center of roof of mouth that begin a little behind the patch at front of top jaws, those rows diverge in center and converge to rear; gill opening small, oval, lateral; dorsal origin over or slightly behind gill opening; pectoral fins absent; dorsal and anal fins well developed, continuous with tail fin, 1 lateral line pore on upper gill area, 5-6 along lower jaw.