Neosilurus

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Neosilurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Plotosidae
Genus: Neosilurus
Steindachner, 1867
Type species
Neosilurus hyrtlii
Steindachner, 1867
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Neosilurus Castelnau, 1878
  • Eumeda Castelnau, 1878
  • Cainosilurus Macleay, 1881
  • Lambertia Perugia, 1894
  • Anyperistius Ogilby, 1908
  • Lambertichthys Whitley, 1938

Neosilurus is a genus of eeltail catfishes native to Australia and New Guinea.

Species

There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus: [1]

  • Neosilurus ater (Perugia, 1894) (Narrowfront tandan)
  • Neosilurus brevidorsalis (Günther, 1867) (Shortfin tandan)
  • Neosilurus coatesi (G. R. Allen, 1985)
  • Neosilurus equinus (M. C. W. Weber, 1913) (Southern tandan)
  • Neosilurus gjellerupi (M. C. W. Weber, 1913) (Northern tandan)
  • Neosilurus gloveri G. R. Allen & Feinberg, 1998 (Dalhousie catfish)
  • Neosilurus hyrtlii Steindachner, 1867 (Glencoe tandan)
  • Neosilurus idenburgi (Nichols, 1940) (Idenburg tandan)
  • Neosilurus mollespiculum G. R. Allen & Feinberg, 1998 (Soft-spined catfish)
  • Neosilurus novaeguineae (M. C. W. Weber, 1907) (New Guinea tandan)
  • Neosilurus pseudospinosus G. R. Allen & Feinberg, 1998 (False-spined catfish)

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Neosilurus in FishBase. February 2012 version.
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