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]