Biology:Tandanus

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Tandanus
Eel-tail catfish.jpg
Tandanus tandanus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Plotosidae
Genus: Tandanus
Mitchell, 1838
Type species
Plotosus (Tandanus) tandanus
Mitchell, 1838
Synonyms
  • Copidoglanis Günther, 1864
  • Anyperistius Ogilby, 1908

Tandanus is a genus of eeltail catfishes endemic to Australia .

Species

There are currently 3 recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Tandanus bostocki Whitley, 1944 (Freshwater cobbler)
  • Tandanus tandanus Mitchell, 1838 (Tandan catfish)
  • Tandanus tropicanus Welsh, Jerry & Burrows, 2014 (Wet Tropics Tandan) [2]

References

  1. Eschmeyer, W. N., ed (18 June 2014). "Species in the genus Tandanus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences – Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability. http://research.calacademy.org/redirect?url=http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp&tbl=species&genus=tandanus. 
  2. Welsh, S.A.; Jerry, D.R.; Burrows, D.W. (2014). "A New Species of Freshwater Eel-tailed Catfish of the Genus Tandanus (Teleostei: Plotosidae) from the Wet Tropics Region of Eastern Australia". Copeia 2014 (1): 136–142. doi:10.1643/CI-13-067. 

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