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Yirrkala Whitley, 1940

AphiaID

206511 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206511)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Ophichthinae Günther, 1870

Synonymised names

Pantonora Smith, 1965 · unaccepted

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Species Yirrkala calyptra McCosker, 2011
Species Yirrkala chaselingi Whitley, 1940
Species Yirrkala fusca (Zuiew, 1793)
Species Yirrkala insolitus McCosker, 1999
Species Yirrkala kaupii (Bleeker, 1858)
Species Yirrkala lumbricoides (Bleeker, 1864)
Species Yirrkala macrodon (Bleeker, 1863)
Species Yirrkala maculata (Klausewitz, 1964)
Species Yirrkala misolensis (Günther, 1872)
Species Yirrkala moluccensis (Bleeker, 1864)
Species Yirrkala moorei McCosker, 2006
Species Yirrkala omanensis (Norman, 1939)
Species Yirrkala ori McCosker, 2011
Species Yirrkala philippinensis (Herre, 1936)
Species Yirrkala tenuis (Günther, 1870)
Species Yirrkala kaupi (Bleeker, 1858) accepted as Yirrkala kaupii (Bleeker, 1858) (misspelling)
Species Yirrkala kuro (Kuroda, 1947) accepted as Caecula kuro (Kuroda, 1947)
Species Yirrkala maculatus (Chu, Wu & Jin, 1981) accepted as Callechelys maculatus Chu, Wu & Jin, 1981
Species Yirrkala timorensis (Günther, 1870) accepted as Yirrkala lumbricoides (Bleeker, 1864)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Whitley, G. P. (1940). Illustrations of some Australian fishes. Australian Zoologist. v. 9 (pt 4): 397-428, Pls. 30-31. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Yirrkala Whitley, 1940. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206511 on 2026-06-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-06-06 22:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-05 10:37:23Z

changed

Renders, Kristel

2013-01-04 15:09:25Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description Whitley, G. P. (1940). Illustrations of some Australian fishes. Australian Zoologist. v. 9 (pt 4): 397-428, Pls. 30-31. [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Other

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]