Thin sand-eel

Thin sand-eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Anguilliformes
Family:Ophichthidae
Genus:Yirrkala
Species: Y. tenuis
Binomial name
Yirrkala tenuis
(Günther, 1870)
Synonyms[1]
  • Ophichthys tenuis Günther, 1870
  • Pantonora tenuis (Günther, 1870)
  • Caecula natalensis Fowler, 1934

The thin sand-eel[2] (Yirrkala tenuis) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[3] It was described by Albert Günther in 1870, originally under the genus Ophichthys.[4] 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).[3]

References

  1. ↑ Synonyms of Yirrkala tenuis at fishbase.org.
  2. ↑ Common names of Yirrkala tenuis at fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Yirrkala tenuis at fishbase.org.
  4. ↑ Günther, A., 1870 (25 June) [ref. 1995] 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, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. v. 8: i-xxv + 1-549.


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