White ribbon eel

White ribbon eel

Taxobox
name = White ribbon eel


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Anguilliformes
familia = Muraenidae
genus = "Pseudechidna"
species = "P. brummeri"
binomial = "Pseudechidna brummeri"
binomial_authority = (Bleeker, 1859)
The white ribbon 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 up to 103 cm

The white ribbon eel inhabits reef flats and shallow lagoons, usually buried in the sand or rubble. It is occasionally seen swimming between its burrows in shallow protected areas.

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