CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Chordata (phylum)  »  Actinopterygii (class)  »  Siluriformes (order)  »  Plotosidae (family)

CAAB Code: 37 192027 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority:

Neosilurus manjandi   Hammer, Moore, Allen, Adams & Unmack, 2026

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes
Family: 37 192 Plotosidae (Eeltail Catfishes) - show full list
Standard Name: [an eeltail catfish]
Organism Type: an eeltail catfish
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Freshwater
Parent Codes: 37 192905     Neosilurus spp.
Taxon Notes:Recorded from the Pentecost and Drysdale River systems of the eastern Kimberley, Western Australia (Hammer et al 2026).
Record source and
Scientific Name
verified against:		 Hammer, M.P., Moore, G.I., Allen, G.R., Adams, M. & Unmack, P. J., 2026. Description of a freshwater eeltail catfish (Teleostei: Plotosidae) from sandstone habitat in the eastern Kimberley, Western Australia. , Zootaxa, Vol. 5740, 4: 505-525. doi:10.11646%2Fzootaxa.5750.4.3
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