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Thin sand-eel
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Yirrkala
Species: Y. tenuis
Binomial name
Yirrkala tenuis
(Günther, 1870)
Synonyms
  • Ophichthys tenuis Günther, 1870
  • Pantonora tenuis (Günther, 1870)
  • Caecula natalensis Fowler, 1934

The thin sand-eel (Yirrkala tenuis) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Albert Günther in 1870, originally under the genus Ophichthys. It is a tropical, marine and freshwater eel which is known from the western Indian Ocean, including the Red Sea, South Africa, Mauritius and Réunion. Males can reach a maximum total length of 53 centimetres (21 in).

References

  1. Synonyms of Yirrkala tenuis at fishbase.org.
  2. Common names of Yirrkala tenuis at fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Yirrkala tenuis at fishbase.org.
  4. Günther, A., 1870 (25 June) Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ... ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. v. 8: i-xxv + 1-549.
Yirrkala
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Taxon identifiers
Yirrkala tenuis
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