Yirrkala (fish)

Yirrkala is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. It is named after Yirrkala, an indigenous community in Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory of Australia.

Species
There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus: • Yirrkala calyptra J. E. McCosker, 2011

• Yirrkala chaselingi Whitley, 1940

• Yirrkala fusca (Zuiew, 1793)

• Yirrkala gjellerupi (M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916)

• Yirrkala insolitus J. E. McCosker, 1999

• Yirrkala kaupii (Bleeker, 1858)

• Yirrkala macrodon (Bleeker, 1863)

• Yirrkala maculata (Klausewitz, 1964)

• Yirrkala misolensis (Günther, 1872) (Misol snake-eel)

• Yirrkala moluccensis (Bleeker, 1864)

• Yirrkala moorei J. E. McCosker, 2006

• Yirrkala omanensis (Norman, 1939) (Oman snake-eel)

• Yirrkala ori J. E. McCosker, 2011

• Yirrkala tenuis (Günther, 1870) (Thin sand-eel)

• Yirrkala timorensis (Günther, 1870) (Earthworm snake-eel)