Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Siluriformes
Familia: Plotosidae
Genus: Neosilurus
Species: N. gloveri – N. hyrtlii – N. mollespiculum – N. pseudospinosus –
Neosilurus hyrtlii
References
Allen, G.R. & M.N. Feinberg, 1998: Descriptions of a New Genus and Four New Species of Freshwater Catfishes (Plotosidae) from Australia. Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology 3 (1): 9–18.
Neosilurus is a genus of eeltail catfishes native to Australia and New Guinea.
It is one of the largest genus of fresh water plotosid.[1]: 183
Species
There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:[2]
Neosilurus ater (Perugia, 1894) (Narrowfront tandan)
Neosilurus brevidorsalis (Günther, 1867) (Shortfin tandan)
Neosilurus coatesi (Allen, 1985)
Neosilurus equinus (Weber, 1913) (Southern tandan)
Neosilurus gjellerupi (Weber, 1913) (Northern tandan)
Neosilurus gloveri Allen & Feinberg, 1998 (Dalhousie catfish)
Neosilurus hyrtlii Steindachner, 1867 (Glencoe tandan)
Neosilurus idenburgi (Nichols, 1940) (Idenburg tandan)
Neosilurus mollespiculum Allen & Feinberg, 1998 (Soft-spined catfish)
Neosilurus novaeguineae (Weber, 1907) (New Guinea tandan)
Neosilurus pseudospinosus Allen & Feinberg, 1998 (False-spined catfish)
References
Berra, Tim M. (2008-09-15). Freshwater Fish Distribution. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-04443-9.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Neosilurus". FishBase. February 2012 version.
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