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Chlopsis kazuko
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Chlopsidae
Genus:	Chlopsis
Species:	C. kazuko
Binomial name
Chlopsis kazuko Lavenberg, 1988

Chlopsis kazuko is an eel in the family Chlopsidae. It was described by Robert J. Lavenberg in 1988. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the Gulf of California, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean. It typically dwells at a depth of 93–97 m. Males can reach a maximum standard length of 11.3 cm.

The specific epithet honours Kazuko Nakamura, an archivist at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, who archived the Giles W. Mead ichthyological library.

References

1. ^ Chlopsis kazuko Archived 2013-04-12 at archive.today at www.fishbase.org.
2. Lavenberg, R. J., 1988 (Mar.) See ref. online Chlopsid eels of the eastern Pacific with a new species and descriptions of larval forms. Bulletin of Marine Science v. 42 (no. 2): 253-264.

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