Yirrkala chaselingi
Appearance
Yirrkala chaselingi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Yirrkala |
Species: | Y. chaselingi
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Binomial name | |
Yirrkala chaselingi Whitley, 1940
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Yirrkala chaselingi, known commonly as the chingilt in Australia,[1] is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[2] It was described by Gilbert Percy Whitley in 1940.[3] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western central Pacific Ocean.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Common names of Yirrkala chaselingi at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Yirrkala chaselingi at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Whitley, G. P., 1940 (9 Dec.) [ref. 4699] See ref. online Illustrations of some Australian fishes. Australian Zoologist v. 9 (pt 4): 397-428, Pls. 30-31.