Yirrkala (fish)

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]

Yirrkala
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Ophichthidae
Subfamily:	Ophichthinae
Genus:	Yirrkala Whitley, 1940
Type species
Yirrkala chaselingi Whitley, 1940
Synonyms
Pantonora J. L. B. Smith, 1965

Species

There are currently^{[as of?]} 15 recognized species in this genus:^[1]

• Yirrkala calyptra J. E. McCosker, 2011
• Yirrkala chaselingi Whitley, 1940
• Yirrkala fusca (Zuiew, 1793)
• Yirrkala gjellerupi (M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916)
• Yirrkala insolitus J. E. McCosker, 1999
• Yirrkala kaupii (Bleeker, 1858)
• Yirrkala lumbricoides (Bleeker, 1864) (Earthworm snake-eel)
• Yirrkala macrodon (Bleeker, 1863)
• Yirrkala maculata (Klausewitz, 1964)
• Yirrkala misolensis (Günther, 1872) (Misol snake-eel)
• Yirrkala moluccensis (Bleeker, 1864)
• Yirrkala moorei J. E. McCosker, 2006

• Yirrkala nkust Hibino & Ho 2024

• Yirrkala omanensis (Norman, 1939) (Oman snake-eel)
• Yirrkala ori J. E. McCosker, 2011
• Yirrkala tenuis (Günther, 1870) (Thin sand-eel)