The thin sand-eel (Yirrkala tenuis) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Albert Günther in 1870, originally under...

Rhinomuraena. The ribbon eel is found in sand burrows and reefs in the Indo-Pacific Ocean. Although generally placed in the moray eel family Muraenidae, it...

The thin snake eel (Ophichthus apachus) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae. It was described by John E. McCosker and Richard Heinrich Rosenblatt in...

Skythrenchelys lentiginosa Yirrkala tenuis, Thin sand-eel Ophidiidae Ophidion smithi Sirembo jerdoni, Brown-banded cusk-eel Opistognathidae Stalix davidsheni Paralichthyidae...

Eels are any of several long, thin, bony fishes of the order Anguilliformes. They have a catadromous life cycle, that is: at different stages of development...

(cutthroat eels) [incl. Dysommidae, Nettodaridae, and Simenchelyidae] Suborder Muraenoidei Family Heterenchelyidae (mud eels) Family Myrocongridae (thin eels) Family...

at a higher rate than in other eel species. This allows sand granules to adhere to the sides of their burrows in sand-dwelling morays, thus making the...

of the animal. Most eels live in the shallow waters of the ocean and burrow into sand, mud, or amongst rocks. A majority of eel species are nocturnal...

other garden eels, this species lives in groups in sandy areas. The eels peep outside and look like very thin stems emerging from the sand. When possible...

2011 Yirrkala tenuis (Günther, 1870) (Thin sand-eel) Yirrkala timorensis (Günther, 1870) (Earthworm snake-eel) Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.)....