Black-nostril false moray

The black-nostril false moray, blacknose false moray or blacknose reef eel^[1] (Kaupichthys atronasus), is an eel in the family Chlopsidae.^[1][2] It was described by Leonard Peter Schultz in 1953.^[3] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from throughout the Indo-Pacific, including the Chagos Islands, Samoa, the Ryukyu Islands, the southern Great Barrier Reef, and Micronesia. It typically dwells in coral reefs at depths greater than 14 m. They can reach a maximum total length of 12 cm (4.7 in).^[1]

Black-nostril false moray
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Chlopsidae
Genus:	Kaupichthys
Species:	K. atronasus
Binomial name
Kaupichthys atronasus L. P. Schultz, 1953

The black-nostril false moray is considered an uncommon species.^[1]