Species Cnidoglanis macrocephalus (Valenciennes, 1840)

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• Plotosus macrocephalus Valenciennes, A. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1840. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 15 540 pp. pls 421-455. [428, pl. 449].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP A.8921, Timor; McCulloch (1930) lists type locality as TAS, since collected in two areas by Péron, and Timor is outside known distribution.

  Type locality references:

  McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534.
• Plotosus megastomus Richardson, J. 1845. Ichthyology. 17-52 pls 7-8 (parts), 11-30 in Richardson, J. & Gray, J.E. (eds). The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror under the Command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., during the years 1839–43. London : E.W. Janson Vol. 2 139 pp. pls 1-60. [for publication date see Hureau, J.C. & Monod, Th. (eds) 1973. Checklist of the Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and of the Mediterranean. CLOFNAM 1. Paris : UNESCO 331 pp. [127]] [31, pl. 21(1-3)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1974.5.22.1, Sydney Cove, NSW.
• Choeroplotosus decemfilis Kner, R. 1867. Fische, Dritte Abteilung. Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857–1858–1859, unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllestorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil 1. Wien : Kurl Gerold's & Sohn Vol. 5 273-433 pp. 12-16 pls. [300, pl. 12(1)] [also appeared as C. limbatus in Kner, R. 1866. Specielles Verzeichniss der Während der Reise der Kaiserlichen Fregatte "Novara" gesammelten Fische. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. Wien 53(1): 543–550, not Plotosus limbatus Valenciennes, 1840].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) NHMW 47098, Sydney, NSW; NHMW 47100, Sydney, NSW.
• Cnidoglanis bostockii Castelnau, F.L. de 1873. Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. 8. Fishes of Western Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria 2: 123-149 [140].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Freemantle, WA.
• Neoplotosus waterhousii Castelnau, F.L. de 1875. Researches on the fishes of Australia. Intercolonial Exhibition Essays. 2. pp. 1–52 in, Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876 : Official Record. Melbourne. [45].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP A.9545, Adelaide, SA.
• Ostophycephalus duriceps Ogilby, J.D. 1899. Contributions to Australian ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 24(1): 154-186 [156].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA F1093, Gulf St Vincent, SA.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [57]
• Glover, C.J.M. 1976. Vertebrate type-specimens in the South Australian Museum. I. Fishes. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 17(7): 169-175 [170]
• Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Allen, G.R. & Hanley, J.E. (eds) 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Pisces: Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 665 pp. [223]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Moreton Bay, QLD (27ºS) to Lakes Entrance, VIC and Kingston, SA (139º51´E) to Houtman Abrolhos, WA (28ºS) and Duck River, TAS; temperate..

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Central E coast, Lower E coast, SE coastal
  • Queensland: Central E coast, NE coastal
  • South Australia: Great Australian Bight, S Gulfs coast, W plateau
  • Tasmania: Tas. coast
  • Western Australia: Great Australian Bight, Lower W coast, SW coast, SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, estuary, inshore, rock reef.

Extra Ecological Information

0-30m

 

General References

Burgess, W.E. 1989. An Atlas of Freshwater and Marine Catfishes — a preliminary survey of the Siluriformes. Neptune City, New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications 783 pp. [180]

Coleman, N. 1980. Australian Sea Fishes South of 30ºS. Lane Cove, NSW : Doubleday Australia Pty Ltd 309 pp. [50]

Ferraris, C.J. 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418: 1–628 [Date published 8 March 2007] [346]

Gomon, M.F. 1994. Families Halosauridae, Notacanthidae, Clupeidae, Engraulidae, Gonorynchidae, Plotosidae, Salmonidae. pp. 215-231 figs 192-206 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [229]

Gomon, M.F. 2008. Family Plotosidae. pp. 196-197 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [197]

Hoese, D.F. & Gates, J.E. 2006. Plotosidae. pp. 357-365 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [358]

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [21]

Hutchins, J.B. & Swainston, R. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete field guide for anglers and divers. Perth : Swainston Publishing 180 pp. [32]

Johnson, J.W. 1999. Annotated checklist of the fishes of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 43(2): 709-762 [723]

Kailola, P.J., Williams, M.J., Stewart, P.C., Reichelt, R.E., McNee, A. & Grieve, C. 1993. Australian Fisheries Resources. Canberra : Bureau of Resource Sciences and the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation 422 pp. [217]

Kowarsky, J. 1976. Clarification of the name and distribution of the plotosid catfish Cnidoglanis macrocephalus. Copeia 1976(3): 593-594 fig. 1

Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [38]

Kuiter, R.H. 1996. Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia. A comprehensive reference for divers and fishermen. Sydney, NSW, Australia : New Holland Publishers xvii, 434 pp. [34]

McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [57] (as C. macrocephalus, C. waterhousii, as Ostophycephalus duriceps)

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [41] (289)

Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Allen, G.R. & Hanley, J.E. (eds) 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Pisces: Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 665 pp. [223]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [36] (310)

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Ward, R.D. (eds) 1999. Australian Seafood Handbook. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 460 pp. [81]

 

Common Name References

Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds) 1994. The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [229] (South Australian Catfish)

Hutchins, J.B. & Swainston, R. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete field guide for anglers and divers. Perth : Swainston Publishing 180 pp. [123] (Estuary Catfish)

Hutchins, J.B. & Thompson, M. 1983. The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of South-western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 103 pp. 345 figs. [76] (Cobbler)

Parish, S. 1974. Australia's Ocean of Life. Newport, Victoria : Wedneil Publications 128 pp. [38] (Estuarine Cat-fish)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Estuary Cobbler)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
12-Sep-2013	SILURIFORMES	12-Sep-2013	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED