Biology:Neosilurus
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Neosilurus | |
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| Neosilurus hyrtlii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Animalia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Chordata |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Actinopterygii |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Siluriformes |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Plotosidae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Neosilurus Steindachner, 1867 |
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| Neosilurus hyrtlii Steindachner, 1867
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Neosilurus is a genus of eeltail catfishes native to Australia and New Guinea.
It is one of the largest genus of fresh water plotosid.[1]: 183
Species
There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Neosilurus ater (Perugia, 1894) (Narrowfront tandan)
- Neosilurus brevidorsalis (Günther, 1867) (Shortfin tandan)
- Neosilurus coatesi (Allen, 1985)
- Neosilurus equinus (Weber, 1913) (Southern tandan)
- Neosilurus gjellerupi (Weber, 1913) (Northern tandan)
- Neosilurus gloveri Allen & Feinberg, 1998 (Dalhousie catfish)
- Neosilurus hyrtlii Steindachner, 1867 (Glencoe tandan)
- Neosilurus idenburgi (Nichols, 1940) (Idenburg tandan)
- Neosilurus mollespiculum Allen & Feinberg, 1998 (Soft-spined catfish)
- Neosilurus novaeguineae (Weber, 1907) (New Guinea tandan)
- Neosilurus pseudospinosus Allen & Feinberg, 1998 (False-spined catfish)
References
- ↑ Berra, Tim M. (2008-09-15) (in en). Freshwater Fish Distribution. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-04443-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=K-1Ygw6XwFQC&dq=Neosilurus+equinus&pg=PA183.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Neosilurus in FishBase. February 2012 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q3759733 entry
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