Yirrkala (fish)
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| Yirrkala | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Subfamily: | Ophichthinae |
| Genus: | Yirrkala Whitley, 1940 |
| Type species | |
| Yirrkala chaselingi Whitley, 1940 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pantonora J. L. B. Smith, 1965 | |
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]
