Misol Snake Eel, Yirrkala misolensis (Günther 1872)
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Misol Snake Eel, Yirrkala misolensis (Günther 1872)
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Distribution |
Great Barrier Reef, north of Cape York to off Fraser Island, Queensland. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical west-central Pacific. |
Species Citation |
Ophichthys misolensis Günther 1872, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 4 10(60): 426. Type locality: Misol (as Misool) Island, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. |
Author |
Dianne J. Bray |
Resources |
Misol Snake Eel, Yirrkala misolensis (Günther 1872)
References
Günther, A. 1872. On some new species of reptiles and fishes collected by J. Brenchley, Esq. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 10(60): 418-426.
McCosker, J.E. 2011. Two new Indo-Pacific species of the sand-eel genus Yirrkala (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae). Smithiana, Publications in Aquatic Biodiversity, Bulletin 13: 45-50.
Smith, D.G. & McCosker, J.E. 1999. Family Ophichthidae. pp. 1662-1699 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds) The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068.