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Tandanus
''Tandanus'' is a genus of eeltail catfishes endemism, endemic to Australia. Species There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus: * ''Tandanus bostocki'' Gilbert Percy Whitley, Whitley, 1944 (Freshwater cobbler) * ''Tandanus tandanus'' Thomas Mitchell (explorer), Mitchell, 1838 (Tandan catfish) * ''Tandanus tropicanus'' Stuart A. Welsh, Welsh, Dean R. Jerry, Jerry & Damien W. Burrows, Burrows, 2014 (Wet Tropics Tandan) * ''Tandanus bellingerensis'' Stuart A. Welsh, Welsh, Dean R. Jerry, Jerry, Damien W. Burrows, Burrows & Meaghan L. Rourke, Rourke, 2017 (Wilang) References Tandanus, Freshwater fish of Australia, * Catfish genera Freshwater fish genera Taxa named by Thomas Mitchell (explorer) {{catfish-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tandanus Tandanus
The eel-tailed catfish (''Tandanus tandanus'') is a species of catfish (order (biology), order Siluriformes) of the family (biology), family Plotosidae. This fish is also known as dewfish, freshwater catfish, jewfish, and tandan. This species is a freshwater fish native to the Murray River, Murray-Darling River, Darling river system of eastern Australia. The scientific name for eel-tailed catfish comes from a name for the fish in an unidentified Australian Aboriginal languages, Aboriginal Australian language - ''Tandan'' - which Major Thomas Livingston Mitchell recorded on his 1832 expedition. Description Eel-tailed catfish commonly grow to about and weigh about . Fish of this species may grow up to about and weigh up to . Eel-tailed catfish may live up to about 8 years. Eel-tailed catfish have large head with thick and fleshy lips and tubular nostrils. The skin is tough and smooth. Body coloration in adults vary from olive-green to brown, black or purplish on their ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
