Yirrkala gjellerupi
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]
| Yirrkala gjellerupi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Genus: | Yirrkala |
| Species: | Y. gjellerupi |
| Binomial name | |
| Yirrkala gjellerupi (Weber & de Beaufort, 1916) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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References
- Synonyms of Yirrkala gjellerupi at www.fishbase.org.
- Froese, Rainer and 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.
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