Yirrkala Whitley, 1940

Hibino, Yusuke & Ho, Hsuan-Ching, 2024, Species of the snake eel genus Yirrkala Whitley, 1940 from Taiwan, with descriptions of a new species and two new records (Anguilliformes, Ophichthidae), ZooKeys 1220, pp. 45-62 : 45-62

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.1220.130885
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7A7FE0E0-7BAA-4DB2-8061-A51BE183924F
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14342616
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5FE3D06F-C08D-5749-B35B-4BF09A9C8A55
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scientific name	Yirrkala Whitley, 1940
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Genus Yirrkala Whitley, 1940 View in CoL

Yirrkala Whitley, 1940: 410 (type species: Yirrkala chaselingi Whitley, 1940, by original designation). View in CoL

Distinguishing features.

Body elongate, cylindrical; tail length generally equal or less than half of total length; all fins low but visible, dorsal-fin origin generally above or behind gill openings; no pectoral fins; snout subconical; anterior nostrils tubular and extremely short; teeth conical, mostly uniserial; gill openings ventral; and two preopercular pores ( McCosker et al. 2007; McCosker 2022; this study).