White ribbon eel
| White ribbon eel | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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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| 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).
The eel is centered around "Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, and Fiji". It can also occur in Australian waters, although live sightings of the species are exceptionally rare with only three recorded incidents as of 2025. The eel can sometimes be mistaken for a flatworm.[3]
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.
- ^ "Incredible footage of special creature very rarely seen in Australia baffles locals" Yahoo News.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pseudechidna brummeri". FishBase. June 2006 version.
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