The white ribbon eel or ghost eel, Pseudechidna brummeri, is a species of saltwater eels, the only member of the genus Pseudechidna of the Muraenidae (Moray eel) family. It is found in the Indo-Pacific oceans from the western Indian Ocean to Samoa, and north to the Ryukyu Islands. Its length is 8–30 inches (20–76 cm).

White ribbon eel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Subfamily: Muraeninae
Genus: Pseudechidna
Bleeker, 1863
Species:
P. brummeri
Binomial name
Pseudechidna brummeri
(Bleeker, 1858)[2]
White ribbon eel in captivity

References

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  1. ^ Smith, D.G.; Tighe, K.; McCosker, J. (2019). "Pseudechidna brummeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T195814A2421767. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T195814A2421767.en. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  2. ^ Bleeker, P. (1858). "Vierde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Timor. Visschen van Atapoepoe". Natuurkundig tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië. 17: 137–138.