The thin sand-eelCommon names of Yirrkala tenuis at fishbase.org. (Yirrkala tenuis) is a species of eel in the worm/snake eel family Ophichthidae.Yirrkala tenuis at fishbase.org. It was first described by Albert Günther in 1870, originally under the genus Ophichthys.Günther, A., 1870 (25 June) [ref. 1995] Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. v. 8: i-xxv + 1-549. It is a tropical, marine and freshwater eel which is known from the western Indian Ocean, including the Red Sea, South Africa, Mauritius and Réunion. Males can reach a maximum total length of .
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