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