White Ribbon Eel, Pseudechidna brummeri (Bleeker 1858)
Other Names: Ghost Eel
Summary:
An overall pale brown to pale greenish moray with small black spots peppering the head, and a narrow whitish margin of the fins.
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Bray, D.J. 2022, Pseudechidna brummeri in Fishes of Australia, accessed 16 Apr 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/5688
White Ribbon Eel, Pseudechidna brummeri (Bleeker 1858)
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Distribution |
Murray Island, Torres Strait, to Green Island, NE of Cairns, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland. Elsewhere the species is widespread throughout the Indo-Pacific, from Mozambique to the Seychelles eastwards to Society Islands, north to southern Japan and south to New Caledonia. Inhabits shallow coastal reef flats, lagoons and seagrass beds. |
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Feeding |
Feeds mainly on fishes and crustaceans. |
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Etymology |
The species is named in honour of Lieutenant Colonel O. Brummer, a military surgeon in the Royal Dutch East Indies Army, who collected holotype. |
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Species Citation |
Muraena brummeri Bleeker 1858, Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 17(1): 137. Type locality: Atapupu, Timor Island, southern Malay Archipelago. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2022 |
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Resources |
White Ribbon Eel, Pseudechidna brummeri (Bleeker 1858)
References
Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp.
Allen, G., Steene, R., Humann, P. & Deloach, N. 2003. Reef fish identification. Tropical Pacific. New World Publications : Florida, U.S. 480 pp.
Bleeker, P. 1858. Vierde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Timor. Visschen van Atapoepoe. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 17(1): 129-140 See ref at BHL
Böhlke, E.B. 1997. Notes on the identity of elongate unpatterned Indo-Pacific morays, with description of a new species (Muraenidae, Subfamily Muraninae). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 147: 89-109.
Böhlke, E.B., McCosker, J.E. & Smith, D.G. 1999. Family Muraenidae. pp. 1643-1657 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068.
Freeman, A. & Pogonoski, J.J. 2022. The second confirmed record and a significant range extension for the White Ribbon Eel (Pseudechidna brummeri) in Australia. North Queensland Naturalist 52: 47-48.
Kuiter, R.H. & Tonozuka, T. 2001. Pictorial guide to Indonesian reef fishes. Part 1. Eels- Snappers, Muraenidae - Lutjanidae. Australia : Zoonetics pp. 1-302.
Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press 707 pp.
Smith, D.G., Tighe, K. & McCosker, J. 2019. Pseudechidna brummeri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T195814A2421767. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T195814A2421767.en. Accessed on 01 September 2022.
Whitley, G.P. 1929. Studies in ichthyology. No. 3. Records of the Australian Museum 17(3): 101-143. https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.17.1929.757
Quick Facts
CAAB Code:37060101
Conservation:IUCN Least Concern
Depth:1-8 m
Fishing:Aquarium fish
Habitat:Reef associated
Max Size:103 cm TL
Species Maps
CAAB distribution map