Species Porochilus rendahli (Whitley, 1928)
Rendahl's Catfish, Rendahl's Tandan
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
- Copidoglanis rendahli Whitley, G.P. 1928. Studies in Ichthyology. No. 2. Records of the Australian Museum 16(4): 211-239 figs 1-2 pls 16-18 [214] [nom. nov. for Copidoglanis obscurus Rendahl, 1922].
- Copidoglanis obscurus Rendahl, H. 1922. A contribution to the ichthyology of north-west Australia. Meddelelser fra det Zoologiske Museum. Kristiania 5: 163-197 figs 1-6 [173, fig. 5] [junior homonym of Copidoglanis obscurus Günther, 1864].
Type data:
Lectotype UZMO J.6841, Glencoe, Hermit Hill, NW Australia.
Paralectotype(s) NHRM 10451; UZMO J.5253.Subsequent designation references:
Pethon, P. 1969. List of type specimens of fishes, amphibians and reptiles in the Zoological Museum, University of Oslo. Rhizocrinus, Occasional Papers of the Zoological Museum, University of Oslo 1(1): 1-17 [5].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Pethon, P. 1969. List of type specimens of fishes, amphibians and reptiles in the Zoological Museum, University of Oslo. Rhizocrinus, Occasional Papers of the Zoological Museum, University of Oslo 1(1): 1-17 [5]
- 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. [225]
Generic Combinations
- Tandanus rendahli (Whitley, 1928). —
McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [56] - Neosilurus rendahli (Whitley, 1928). —
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] [42] - Porochilus rendahli (Whitley, 1928).
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Rivers in the Kimberley, WA (Yeeda, Fitzroy, Drysdale and Ord rivers), coastal rivers of the NT, to the Jardine River, QLD (142º20´E); tropical.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
- Queensland: N Gulf
- Western Australia: N coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, freshwater, soft bottom.
General References
Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [86] (as Porochilus rendahli)
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] (as Porochilus rendahli)
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] [345]
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] [345]
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. [364]
Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [21]
Larson, H.K. & Martin, K.C. 1990. Freshwater Fishes of the Northern Territory. Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences Handbook Series Number 1. Darwin : Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences 102 pp. 73 figs. [17] (as Porochilus rendahli)
McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [56] (as Tandanus rendahli)
Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [125] (as Copidoglanis rendahli)
Morgan, D.L., Allen, G.R., Pusey, B.J. & Burrows, D.W. 2011. A review of the freshwater fishes of the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Zootaxa 2816: 1-64 [12]
Morgan, D.L., Allen, M.G., Bedford, P. & Horstman, M. 2004. Fish fauna of the Fitzroy River in the Kimberley region of Western Australia – including the Bunuba, Gooniyandi, Ngarinyin, Nyikina and Walmajarii Aboriginal names. Records of the Western Australian Museum 22: 147-161 [150] (as Porochilus rendahli)
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] [42] (297, as Neosilurus rendahli)
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. [225] (as Neosilurus rendahli)
Pusey, B.J., Kennard, M.J. & Bird, J. 2000. Fishes of the dune fields of Cape Flattery, northern Queensland and other dune systems in north-eastern Australia. Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwater 11(1): 65-74 [72] (as Porochilus rendahli)
Unmack, P.J. 2001. Biogeography of Australian freshwater fishes. Journal of Biogeography 28: 1053-1089 [1061] (as Neosilurus rendahli)
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [36] (301, as Neosilurus rendahli)
Common Name References
Larson, H.K. & Martin, K.C. 1990. Freshwater Fishes of the Northern Territory. Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences Handbook Series Number 1. Darwin : Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences 102 pp. 73 figs. [17] (Rendahl's Catfish)
Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [125] (Rendahl's Tandan)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Rendahl's 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 |