Biology:Yirrkala (fish)
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Short description: Genus of fishes
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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 |
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Pantonora Smith, 1965 | |
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[when?] 15 recognized species in this genus:[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Yirrkala chaselingi" in FishBase. August 2015 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q8053829 entry
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