Georgette Douwma / Ribbon eel ( Rhinomuraena quaesita) Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Jurgen Freund / Yellow ribbon eel / Ribbon moray eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita). Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Jurgen Freund / Yellow ribbon eel / Ribbon moray eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita). Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Jurgen Freund / Blue ribbon eel / Ribbon moray eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita). Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Sirachai Arunrugstitchai / Ribbon eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita) adult male, protudes from crevices in the sandy bottom, Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Aflo / Ribbon eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita) Kashiwa Island, Japan.

Alex Mustard / Blue ribbon eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita) male. Ambon Bay, Ambon, Maluku Archipelago, Indonesia. Banda Sea, tropical west Pacific Ocean.

Pascal Kobeh / Ribbon eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita) female in burrow, Maldives, Indian Ocean.

Constantinos Petrinos / Blue ribbon eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita) adult male, Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Constantinos Petrinos / Blue ribbon eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita) adult male, Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Aflo / Ribbon eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita) looking out of burrow with mouth open, Kuroshima, Okinawa, Japan. July.

Georgette Douwma / Ribbon moray eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita) female emerging from crevice, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Nature Production / Black Ribbon Eel {Rhinomuraena quaesita} with its mouth open, Okinawa, Japan

Jurgen Freund / Ribbon eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita), adult blue phase Sulawesi, Indonesia

Chris Newbert / Ribbon Eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita) female gaping in defensive behavior, Indonesia

Fred Bavendam / Ribbon Eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita) male, Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Fred Bavendam / Ribbon Eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita), Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Fred Bavendam / Ribbon Eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita) that has almost finished the transition from the blue male color phase to the all yellow female phase, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea

Fred Bavendam / Ribbon Eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita) black juvenile and blue male sharing a burrow, Ambon, Indonesia

Fred Bavendam / Ribbon Eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita) emerging from burrow, Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

David Fleetham / Pair of blue ribbon eels (Rhinomuraena quaesita), Indonesia.

David Fleetham / Pair of blue ribbon eels (Rhinomuraena quaesita) and a diver, Indonesia. Model released.

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Ribbon Eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita) pair sharing hole, Bali, Indonesia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Ribbon Eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita) in hole, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia