Ribbon Eel
Rhinomuraena quaesita
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 990
- Most observed in
- 🇮🇩 Indonesia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The ribbon eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita), also known as the leaf-nosed moray eel or bernis eel, is a species of moray eel, the only member of the genus Rhinomuraena. The ribbon eel is found in sand burrows and reefs in the Indo-Pacific Ocean. Although generally placed in the moray eel family Muraenidae, it has several distinctive features leading some to place it in its own family, Rhinomuraenidae.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Ribbon eel”.