Ribbon eel
| Ribbon eel | |
|---|---|
| Male (above) and female (below) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Muraenidae |
| Genus: | Rhinomuraena Garman, 1888 |
| Species: | R. quaesita |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhinomuraena quaesita Garman, 1888 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Rhinomuraena amboinensis | |
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.