Tandanus
| Tandanus | |
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| Tandanus tandanus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Plotosidae |
| Genus: | Tandanus Mitchell, 1838 |
| Type species | |
| Plotosus (Tandanus) tandanus Mitchell, 1838 | |
| Synonyms | |
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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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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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