White ribbon eel
Appearance
White ribbon eel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Muraenidae |
Subfamily: | Muraeninae |
Genus: | Pseudechidna Bleeker, 1863 |
Species: | P. brummeri
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Binomial name | |
Pseudechidna brummeri |
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).
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Bleeker, P. (1858). "Vierde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Timor. Visschen van Atapoepoe". Natuurkundig tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië. 17: 137–138.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pseudechidna brummeri". FishBase. June 2006 version.