Yirrkala macrodon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Yirrkala
Species:
Y. macrodon
Binomial name
Yirrkala macrodon
(Bleeker, 1863)
Synonyms[1]
  • Sphagebranchus macrodon Bleeker, 1863

Yirrkala macrodon is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[2] It was described by Pieter Bleeker in 1863, originally under the genus Sphagebranchus.[3] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Borneo, in the western central Pacific Ocean.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Synonyms of Yirrkala macrodon at www.fishbase.org.
  2. 1 2 Yirrkala macrodon at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ↑ Bleeker, P. 1863 [ref. 17005] Description de quelques espèces nouvelles ou peu connues d'Ophisuroïdes de l'Inde archipélagique. Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde v. 1: 179-186.


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