Yirrkala moluccensis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Genus: | Yirrkala |
| Species: | Y. moluccensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Yirrkala moluccensis (Bleeker, 1864)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Yirrkala moluccensis is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[2] It was described by Pieter Bleeker in 1864, originally under the genus Pisoodonophis.[3] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Indonesia, in the western central Pacific Ocean.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Synonyms of Yirrkala moluccensis at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Yirrkala moluccensis at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Bleeker, P., 1864-65 [ref. 4860] Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises, publié sous les auspices du Gouvernement colonial néêrlandaises. Tome IV. Murènes, Synbranches, Leptocéphales. v. 4: 1-150, Pls. 145-193.
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