Species Plotosus canius Hamilton, 1822
Eel Catfish
Compiler and date details
14 February 2013 - Dianne J. Bray, Ursula E. Smith, Douglass F. Hoese & Jennifer E. Gates
20 December 2006 - Douglass F. Hoese & Jennifer E. Gates
- Plotosus canius Hamilton, F. 1822. An Account of the Fishes Found in the River Ganges and its Branches. Edinburgh : Archibald Constable 405 pp., pls 1-39. [142, 374, pl. 15 (fig.44)].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, southern Bengal.
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Plotus caninus Hamilton, 1822 [misspelling on CAAB].
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Admiralty Gulf, WA (125º30´E) to Tomkinson River, NT (134º16´E); tropical, Indo-west Pacific.
IMCRA
Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26)
Other Regions
Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast
- Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands
- Western Australia: N coast, NW oceanic
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, estuary, inshore, soft bottom.
Extra Ecological Information
1-20m
General References
Ferraris, C. 1999. Family Plotosidae. pp. 1880-1883 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [1883]
Ferraris, C. 1999. Family Plotosidae. pp. 1880-1883 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [1883]
Gomon, J.R. & Taylor, W.R. 1982. Plotosus nkunga, a new species of catfish from South Africa, with a redescription of Plotosus limbatus Valenciennes and key to the species of Plotosus (Siluriformes : Plotosidae). Special Publication of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology Rhodes University 22: 1-16 figs 1-2 pls 1-2 [2]
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. [363]
Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [21]
Common Name References
Ferraris, C. 1999. Family Plotosidae. pp. 1880-1883 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [1883] (Eel Catfish)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Eel Catfish)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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12-Sep-2013 | SILURIFORMES | 12-Sep-2013 | MODIFIED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) |
27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |