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Teleostei (teleosts) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Ophichthidae (Snake eels) > Ophichthinae
Etymology: Yirrkala: Named for its type locality Yirrkala, Caledon Bay, Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland, Australia.; ori: Named for the Oceanographic Research Institute of South Africa, which collected these and many other valuable specimens..
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Marine; demersal; depth range ? - 20 m (Ref. 86861). Subtropical

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Western Indian Ocean: South Africa.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 43.8 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 86861); 35.3 cm TL (female)

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Vertebrae: 149 - 152. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: head 6.2-6.7% TL; tail 50% TL; dorsal-fin origin nearly above gill openings; eye behind middle of upper jaw; supraorbital pores 4; teeth conical, minute, uniserial on jaws and vomer; colour yellowish, slightly darker dorsally; total vertebrae 149-152; mean vertebral formula 6.5-74-150 (n=4) (Ref. 86861).

Inhabits coarse sand substrate (Ref. 86861).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : McCosker, John E. | Collaborators

McCosker, J.E., 2011. Two new Indo-Pacific species of the sand-eel genus Yirrkala (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae). Smithiana Bulletin 13:45-50. (Ref. 86861)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 22 November 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Yirrkala ori McCosker, 2011