The second confirmed record and a significant range extension for the White Ribbon Eel (Pseudechidna brummeri) in Australia (2020)

The white ribbon eel, Pseudechidna brummeri (Bleeker 1858) is a long, slender moray (family Muraenidae), inhabiting sheltered coastal reefs and seagrass beds of the tropical Indo-West Central Pacific region. Like many morays, it is widely distributed from the Western Indian Ocean, eastwards to the Society Islands, and northwards to southern Japan (Smith et. al. 2019). In Australia it was first recorded from two specimens collected at Murray Island (a.k.a Mer Island, ca. 0955'S, 14403'E) in the Torres Strait which are deposited in the Australian Museum, Sydney (Whitley, 1929). However, despite this published record, nearly 100 years later the species has not made its way into Australian fish checklists. This note describes the sighting of an adult-sized white ribbon eel off Green Island, 28km north east of the city of Cairns in far north Queensland.

白丝带鳗（Pseudechidna brummeri，Bleeker 1858）是一种体型修长的海鳝（海鳝科Muraenidae），栖息于热带印度-西中太平洋海域的隐蔽沿岸礁床与海草床。与多数海鳝物种类似，该物种分布范围广泛，西起西印度洋，向东延伸至社会群岛，向北可达日本南部（Smith等，2019）。澳大利亚的首次记录可追溯至1929年Whitley的报道：两件采集于托雷斯海峡默里岛（又名梅尔岛，约南纬9°55′、东经144°03′）的标本，现馆藏于悉尼澳大利亚博物馆。然而，尽管已有该发表记录，时隔近百年后，该物种仍未被纳入澳大利亚鱼类名录。本简报记述了在远北昆士兰州凯恩斯市东北28公里处的绿岛海域目击成年白丝带鳗的记录。