Genus of fishes
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]
Species
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 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
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