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White ribbon eel
Pseudechidna brummeri
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- White ribbon eel
- Scientific
- Pseudechidna brummeri
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Eels
- Family
- Muraenidae (moray eels)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 1 m (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 8 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2011
Description
A long, slender, pale moray, white to cream, reaching about 1 m. It lives buried in sand or rubble on shallow reef flats and lagoons and is occasionally seen moving between burrows.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Pseudechidna-brummeri.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Pseudechidna_brummeri_2.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.