Yirrkala fusca

Yirrkala fusca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Yirrkala
Species:
Y. fusca
Binomial name
Yirrkala fusca
(Zuiew, 1793)
Synonyms[1]
  • Muraena fusca Zuiew, 1793

Yirrkala fusca is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[2] It was described by Vasily Zuyev in 1793.[3] It is a marine, tropical eel.[2]

References

  1. ^ Synonyms of Yirrkala fusca at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ a b Yirrkala fusca at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Zuiew, B., 1793 [ref. 17717] Biga Mvraenarvm, novae species descriptae. Nova Acta Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae v. 7 (for 1789): 296-301, Pl. 7 (figs. 1-2).


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