| Ribbon eel | |
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| Male (above) and female (below) in Borneo | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Muraenidae |
| Genus: | Rhinomuraena Garman, 1888 |
| Species: | R. quaesita
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhinomuraena quaesita Garman, 1888
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| 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.[2]
- ^ McCosker, J.E. (2010). "Rhinomuraena quaesita". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010. IUCN: e.T155301A115297865. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T155301A4770176.en.
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