Yirrkala macrodon
| Yirrkala macrodon | |
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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. macrodon
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| Binomial name | |
| Yirrkala macrodon (Bleeker, 1863)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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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
[edit]- ^ Synonyms of Yirrkala macrodon at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Yirrkala macrodon at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ 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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