Kingdom Animalia Class Actinopterygii Family Ophichthidae Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Anguilliformes Genus Yirrkala | |
Similar Pisodonophis, Ophichthus, Ophichthidae | ||
Yirrkala chaselingi, known commonly as the Chingilt in Australia, is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Gilbert Percy Whitley in 1940. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western central Pacific Ocean.
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