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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 |
| Type species | |
| Yirrkala chaselingi Whitley, 1940 | |
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Pantonora J. L. B. Smith, 1965 | |
Yirrkala is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. It is named after Yirrkala, an indigenous community in Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory of Australia.
Species
There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus:
- 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 lumbricoides (Bleeker, 1864) (Earthworm snake-eel)
- 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)
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Yirrkala". FishBase. August 2015 version.
- Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Ophichthidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Yirrkala chaselingi". FishBase. August 2015 version.
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