Yirrkala gjellerupi
Appearance
Yirrkala gjellerupi | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Yirrkala |
Species: | Y. gjellerupi
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Binomial name | |
Yirrkala gjellerupi (Weber & de Beaufort, 1916)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Yirrkala gjellerupi is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[2] It was described by Max Carl Wilhelm Weber and Lieven Ferdinand de Beaufort in 1916.[3] It is a tropical, freshwater eel which is known from northern New Guinea (Indonesia). It can reach a maximum total length of 15.3 centimetres (6.0 in).[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Synonyms of Yirrkala gjellerupi at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Yirrkala gjellerupi" in FishBase. August 2015 version.
- ^ Weber, M. and L. F. de Beaufort, 1916. The fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. III. Ostariophysi: II Cyprinoidea, Apodes, Synbranchi. E. J. Brill, Leiden. v. 3: i-xv + 1-455.