Biology:White ribbon eel

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Short description: Species of fish

White ribbon eel
Pseudechidnabrummeri.jpg
Scientific classification edit
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]

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

  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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/195814/2421767. 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. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13412391. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1859731 entry