Classification / Names  				 
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Ophichthidae (Snake eels) > Ophichthinae						
							
							Etymology: Yirrkala: Named for its type locality Yirrkala, Caledon Bay, Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland, Australia; moorei: Named for Gordon E. Moore.
Eponymy: Dr Gordon Earle Moore (d: 1929) is an American businessman, billionaire and philanthropist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: McCosker.						
					
				
					Environment: milieu / climate zone / गहराई सीमा / distribution range					
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					समुद्री ड़िमरसल;  गहराई सीमा 25 - 454 m (Ref. 56883). Tropical				
				 
			
			
			
				
				
				
					Western Central Pacific:  Marquesas and American Samoa.
				
				
			
			
				
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					परिपक्व अवधि: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
 Max length : 43.4 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 56883)				
				 
			
			
						
				
					Short description					
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					जानवरों की रीड़ का जोड़: 162 - 173. Diagnosis:  Color pale, overlain with a broad longitudinal brown stripe above the lateral midline. Head 6.3-6.9% of total length (TL); tail 48-52% of TL.  Dorsal fin in advance of the gill openings.  Eye above middle of upper jaw.  Teeth conical, minute, uniserial on jaws and vomer.  Total vertebrae 162-173 with mean vertebrae formula 4-77.5-167 (Ref. 56883).
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.				
				 
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Maximum length (434 mm) given was for an immature male.			
			
			
			
			
				
					Life cycle and mating behavior					
					परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | अंडे | Fecundity | लार्वा				
				
				
				
								
				
			
			 
				
				
				
					McCosker, J.E., 2006. A new species of sand eel, Yirrkala moorei (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), from the South Pacific. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 57(10):373-377. (Ref. 56883)
				
				 
			
			
			
							
					
						IUCN Red List Status   (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
				 
					
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Threat to humans  
				
				
				
					  Harmless				
				
			 
			
			
			
			
				
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					इंटरनेट स्रोत
				
				
			
			
			
				
					Estimates based on models				
				
				
				Preferred temperature (संदर्भ 
123201): 3.3 - 5.7, mean 4.5 °C (based on 21 cells).
				
				
					
					Phylogenetic diversity index  (संदर्भ 
82804):  PD
50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].					
													Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00091 (0.00039 - 0.00215), b=2.99 (2.79 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 
93245).
					
					Trophic level  (संदर्भ 
69278):  3.7   ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives					
											
				
				
										
						लौटाव  (संदर्भ 
120179):  ऊंचा, न्यूनतम जनसंख्या दुगनी समय अवलागत 15 महीने। (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).					
											
				
									
					Fishing Vulnerability  (Ref. 
59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (33 of 100). 
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