Please help identify this eel thanks

[Crazyfish928]

Please identify what is this the store say it's ribbon eel but obviously it's not

 

[dbati]

Looks like a very well fed ghost ribbon eel. But I’m no expert.

 

[cgripp256]

White Ribbon Eel?

 

[dvgyfresh]

Please identify what is this the store say it's ribbon eel but obviously it's not

It’s a ghost ribbon lol

 

[Crazyfish928]

It’s a ghost ribbon lol

But it doesn't have black spot on its nose

 

[Crazyfish928]

I have another ghost eel looks way different

 

[dvgyfresh]

I would say it’s some type of ribbon eel , ghost/white ect..

 

[Sambengle]

Please identify what is this the store say it's ribbon eel but obviously it's not

White ribbon eel

 

[cgripp256]

Pseudechidna brummeri - Monaco Nature Encyclopedia

Family : Muraenidae Text © Dr. Giuseppe Mazza English translation by Mario Beltramini …

www.monaconatureencyclopedia.com

 

[Crazyfish928]

Pseudechidna brummeri - Monaco Nature Encyclopedia

Family : Muraenidae Text © Dr. Giuseppe Mazza English translation by Mario Beltramini …

www.monaconatureencyclopedia.com

But it's face doesn't have the white dots it should be

 

[cgripp256]

But it's face doesn't have the white dots it should be

Maybe juvenile coloration differences or just that not everything looks like the “prototypical” type.

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Like saying someone doesn't have freckles or a birth mark the brother has.
Yes the markings should be present. Not always.
Why albino ect critters appear. Way different. Lol
D

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

As I mentioned in your other thread, I’m fairly confident it’s a White-Margined Moray Eel.

 

[Crazyfish928]

As I mentioned in your other thread, I’m fairly confident it’s a White-Margined Moray Eel.

Oh ok

 

[Crazyfish928]

As I mentioned in your other thread, I’m fairly confident it’s a White-Margined Moray Eel.

Can it be with snowflake +yellow head moray ?

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

I would imagine so, but I’ve only heard of it being offered in the hobby once, so I don’t know anyone who has tried to verify that. It gets to be ~90-100cm long (~35-40”), spends most of its time buried in the sand during the day, hunts at night, and it eats smaller fish and crustaceans.

It might be somewhat boring in your tank as a result of its nocturnal behavior (though I’d imagine it will learn to be active during feedings), but (assuming the ID is correct - there are only a handful of pictures I can find of Gymnothorax albimarginatus) it would be an incredibly rare find.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Just to add, they’re noted as being very shy eels that only bite when they feel they have to, and their bite is (apparently, though I can’t seem to find a source with more information to back/substantiate this claim at the moment) venomous - so I wouldn’t try hand feeding this one (I don’t recommend hand feeding eels regardless, but especially if it may have a venomous bite.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Sorry, not trying to spam here, just clarifying my earlier post - I can only find a handful of pictures of them with the same deep, yellowish coloration yours displays (it really helps to offset the “white margin” that it’s named for), as it’s generally more a dull, muddy brown or a pale, sandy color (though you can see some yellow tinting to some of those specimens as well).

 

[TheDragonsReef]

Not sure on an exact species but i can for sure say its not a ribbon eel. Body shape and proportions, and head shape are wrong for a ghost ribbon or any other ribbon eel.

 

[Crazyfish928]

Not sure on an exact species but i can for sure say its not a ribbon eel. Body shape and proportions, and head shape are wrong for a ghost ribbon or any other ribbon eel.

Ok thanks alot