Species: Chlopsis bicollaris, Bicollared false-moray, Collared false-moray

Chlopsis bicollaris (Myers & Wade, 1941)

Collared false-moray, Bicollared false-moray

Body elongate, somewhat worm-like in appearance; large eyes; snout conical with rounded tip, its length about 4.2 in head length; lower jaw slightly shorter than upper; no flange on either lip;  front nostrils tubular; rear nostrils opening downward in upper lip, below front margin of eye; teeth small and pointed in bands; 2 series of teeth on center of roof of mouth; gill opening small, oval, lateral; pectoral fins absent; dorsal and anal fins well developed, confluent around tip of tail; dorsal fin origin above level of gill opening;  lateral line = 2 pores on rear of head.

Grey-brown above, whitish below; 2 collar-like whitish bars, 1 across the head behind the mouth and another at level of gill opening and dorsal fin origin.

Size: attains 20 cm.

Habitat: sandy bottoms.

Depth: 5-30 m.

Galapagos Islands.