Yirrkala is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae.[1][2] It is named after Yirrkala, an indigenous community in Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory of Australia.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Subfamily: | Ophichthinae |
| Genus: | Yirrkala Whitley, 1940 |
| Synonyms | |
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Pantonora Smith, 1965 | |
Species edit
There are currently[as of?] 15 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Yirrkala calyptra J. E. McCosker, 2011
- Yirrkala chaselingi Whitley, 1940
- Yirrkala fusca (Zuiew, 1793)
- Yirrkala gjellerupi (M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916)
- Yirrkala insolitus J. E. McCosker, 1999
- Yirrkala kaupii (Bleeker, 1858)
- Yirrkala macrodon (Bleeker, 1863)
- Yirrkala maculata (Klausewitz, 1964)
- Yirrkala misolensis (Günther, 1872) (Misol snake-eel)
- Yirrkala moluccensis (Bleeker, 1864)
- Yirrkala moorei J. E. McCosker, 2006
- Yirrkala omanensis (Norman, 1939) (Oman snake-eel)
- Yirrkala ori J. E. McCosker, 2011
- Yirrkala tenuis (Günther, 1870) (Thin sand-eel)
- Yirrkala timorensis (Günther, 1870) (Earthworm snake-eel)
References edit
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). Species of Yirrkala in FishBase. August 2015 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, W. N. and R. Fricke (eds) (2 November 2015). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Yirrkala chaselingi" in FishBase. August 2015 version.
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