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title: "Ribbon Eel"
description: "Rhinomuraena quaesita — Peixes. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/ribbon-eel
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Ribbon Eel

> Rhinomuraena quaesita — Peixes. 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.

- Scientific name: *Rhinomuraena quaesita*
- Category: `fish` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1481
- Wikidata: [Q917209](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q917209)
- iNaturalist taxon: [111716](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/111716)

## Names

- en: Ribbon Eel
- de: Nasenmuräne
- es: Morena listón azul
- fr: Murène ruban
- pl: Murena wstążkowa

## Countries with the most observations

ID (741), PH (264), FJ (81), MY (41), JP (27), TZ (24), CX (22), ZA (20), TH (18), NC (13), YT (13), TL (12)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribbon_eel

## Photo

![Ribbon Eel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/ribbon-eel/medium.jpg)

Photo: Olly Morgan · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/270618284

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/ribbon-eel?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).