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
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]
  • Sphagebranchus gjellerupi Weber & de Beaufort, 1916

References

  1. Synonyms of Yirrkala gjellerupi at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Yirrkala gjellerupi" in FishBase. August 2015 version.
  3. 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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