White Ribbon Eel

Has a more typical muraenid head than R. quaesita.Description: Characterized by pale grey color, shading to white ventrally; small black spots on head; narrow white margins on fin; laterally compressed long body; body depth at gill opening 39-56 in TL; dorsal fin nearly as high as body depth; origin of dorsal fin between corner of mouth and gill opening; preanal length 2.1-2.3 in TL; small, compressed teeth slanting backward; male with single row of teeth; female with inner row of teeth at side of upper jaw and front of lower jaw (Ref. 90102).

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 0; Vertebrae: 201 - 214

Inhabits reef flats and shallow lagoons, usually buried in the sand or rubble (Ref. 9710, 48635). Occasionally seen swimming between its burrows in shallow protected areas (Ref. 48635). A gonochoristic species (Ref. 32169). Solitary (Ref 90102).

分布於印度-西太平洋區，西起西印度洋，東至薩摩亞，北至日本等海域。臺灣發現於蘭嶼。

罕見鯙類。

體瘦且極長，背鰭頗高。體色全為乳白色。脊椎骨數210。頭前部1/2處有無數的小黑斑分布，黑斑點大多位於頭部側線孔所在；前鼻管前端亦為黑色；鰭有藍白邊。以前所記載之布氏長鯙(/Strophidon brummeri /)為本種之異名。

主要棲息於礁石堆或淺潟湖，亦經常出現於砂泥底或石礫堆。以魚類為主食，亦捕食甲殼類，如蟹類、蝦蛄及蝦類等。

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.