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: Porochilus
Species: P. meraukensis – P. obbesi
Name
Porochilus Weber, 1913
References
Carl J. Ferraris, Jr., 2007, Zootaxa 1418: 1–628 [1]
Porochilus is a genus of eeltail catfishes native to Australia and New Guinea.
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1]
Porochilus argenteus (Zietz (fi), 1896) (Silver tandan)
Porochilus meraukensis (Weber, 1913) (Merauke tandan)
Porochilus obbesi Weber, 1913 (Obbes' catfish)
Porochilus rendahli (Whitley, 1928) (Rendahl's catfish)
Description
P. meraukensis grows to 24 centimetres (9 in) TL, while P. obbesi grows to 12 cm (5 in) TL.[2][3]
Habitat
P. meraukensis is found in quiet backwaters or in well vegetated, swampy lagoons and lakes.[2] P. obbesi lives in slow-flowing streams, backwaters, swamps and lily lagoons, usually among aquatic weeds such as eelgrass; it is also found in lakes. P. obbesi feeds on insects, prawns and mollusks.[3]
References
Wikispecies has information related to Porochilus.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Porochilus in FishBase. February 2012 version.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2007). "Porochilus meraukensis" in FishBase. Aug 2007 version.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2007). "Porochilus obbesi" in FishBase. Aug 2007 version.
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