White ribbon eel
| White ribbon eel | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Muraenidae |
| Genus: | Pseudechidna Bleeker, 1863 |
| Species: | P. brummeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudechidna brummeri (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 8-30 inches.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Pseudechidna brummeri" in FishBase. June 2006 version.
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