Ophichthidae

thin sand-eel

Yirrkala tenuis

Eel Over Sandy Bottoms

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Indian Ocean
• Africa
• Anguilliform
• Large
• Tropical fish

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 the genus Ophichthys. 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.