Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Elopocephalai
Supercohors: Elopocephala
Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha
Ordo: Anguilliformes
Subordo: Congroidei
Familia: Ophichthidae
Subfamilia: Ophichthinae
Genus: Yirrkala
Species: Y. calyptra – Y. chaselingi – Y. fusca – Y. gjellerupi – Y. insolitus – Y. kaupii – Y. macrodon – Y. maculata – Y. misolensis – Y. moluccensis – Y. moorei – Y. ori – Y. tenuis – Y. timorensis
Name
Yirrkala Whitley, 1940: 410
Gender: feminine
Type species: Yirrkala chaselingi Whitley, 1940
Fixation: original designation
Synonyms
Pantonora Smith, 1965: (713) 719
References
Whitley, G.P. 1940: Illustrations of some Australian fishes. Australian Zoologist, 9 (pt 4): 397–428, Pls. 30-31.
McCosker, J.E. 2011: Two new Indo-Pacific species of the sand-eel genus Yirrkala (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae). Smithiana bulletin, 13: 45–50. PDF
Vernacular names
English: Snake Eels
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[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 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 omanensis (Norman, 1939) (Oman snake-eel)
Yirrkala ori J. E. McCosker, 2011
Yirrkala tenuis (Günther, 1870) (Thin sand-eel)
Yirrkala timorensis (Günther, 1870) (Earthworm snake-eel)
References
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Yirrkala". FishBase. August 2015 version.
Eschmeyer, W. N. and R. Fricke (eds) (2 November 2015). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Yirrkala chaselingi". FishBase. August 2015 version.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/"
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License
