White ribbon eel
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.
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| Genus: | Pseudechidna Bleeker, 1863 |
| Species: | P. brummeri |
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References
- 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 and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Pseudechidna brummeri" in FishBase. June 2006 version.
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