Plotosidae, Bleeker, 1858

LARSON, HELEN K., WILLIAMS, REX S. & HAMMER, MICHAEL P., 2013, <strong> An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia </ strong>, Zootaxa 3696 (1), pp. 1-293 : 41-44

Plotosidae

(eel-tailed catfish)

Anodontiglanis dahli Rendahl, 1922

Toothless Catfish

Anodontiglanis dahli Rendahl, 1922: 169 (Glencoe River, Glencoe; Daly River).— Taylor 1964: 89 (Daly River; above Roper River Mission); Midgley 1973: 5, 10 (Cooper Creek; Deaf Adder Creek); Pollard 1974: 62 (Baroalba Creek; Alligator Rivers); Midgley 1979: Appendix B (Limmen Bight River; Cox River; Hodgson River; Roper River; Wilton River; Waterhouse River); Midgley 1980: Appendix B (Katherine River, Dry–King River junction, Daly River); Midgley 1981: Appendix B (Armstrong River); Midgley 1982: Appendix B (Foelsche River); Midgley 1983: Appendix B (Wonmurri Hole; Phelp River); Midgley1984: Appendix B (lagoon on Howley Creek); Larson 1987: 147 (Kakadu Stages 1 and 2); Larson 1999a: 19 (Sandy Creek, Keep River system); Allen et al. 2002: 76 (most coastal streams of the Northern Territory); Wilson and Brooks 2004: 10 (Daly/Katherine Rivers; Mainoru River; Wilton River; Dook Creek; Chambers River); Hoese et al. 2006: 358 (NT; N coastal, N Gulf).

Euristhmus microphthalmus Murdy and Ferraris, 2006

Smalleye Catfish

? Silurichthys sp. — Zietz 1891: 2 (NT).

Euristhmus lepturus — Sainsbury et al. 1984: 333 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Paxton et al. 1989: 223 (NT); Russell and Houston 1989: 80 (Arafura Sea); Pender et al. 1992: 66 (Joseph Bonaparte Gulf; Fog Bay; Melville Island area; Arnhem coast; western Gulf of Carpentaria); Larson 1996: 10 (Towns River); Larson and Williams 1997: 348 (Woods Inlet); Larson 1997: 28 (Kakadu); Larson 1999c: 25 (East Alligator River); Larson 1999b: 30 (Kakadu); Hoese et al. 2006: 359 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast, N coastal). Euristhmus microphthalmus Murdy and Ferraris, 2006: 84 (Woods Inlet, Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory).

Mouth of Buffalo Creek (AMS); mouth of East Alligator River (NTM).

The record of Cnidoglanis megastoma by Macleay (1878) from Port Darwin is a misidentification, probably of this species ( C. megastoma was described from Sydney Cove, NSW).

Euristhmus microceps (Richardson, 1845)

Smallhead Catfish

Plotosus microceps Richardson, 1845: 31 (north-west coast of Australia).

Euristhmus microceps — Murdy and Ferraris 2006: 84 (North of Goulburn Islands).

South Alligator River estuary.

Euristhmus nudiceps ( Günther, 1880)

Nakedhead Catfish

Cnidoglanis nudiceps Günther, 1880: 49–50 (Arafura Sea) .— Taylor 1964: 86 (Arafura Sea).

Euristhmus nudiceps — Sainsbury et al. 1984: 333 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Paxton et al. 1989: 223–224 (N.T.); Russell and Houston 1989: 80 (Arafura Sea); Murdy and Ferraris 2006: 85–86 (N of Cape Wessel, Arafura Sea; N of Arnhem Land; NE of Goulburn Islands; N of Smith Point, Cobourg Peninsula; W of Orontes Reef; NE of Point Charles; Shoal Bay; off Lee Point; N of Bowra Shoals, Fog Bay; Joseph Bonaparte Gulf, Timor Sea); Hoese et al. 2006: 360 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).

Neosilurus ater ( Perugia, 1894)

Black Catfish

Lambertia atra Perugia, 1894: 551 (Inawai, Papua).

Tandanus ater — Taylor 1964: 92 (Groote Eylandt; Oenpelli; Fish Creek; Red Lily Lagoon).

Neosilurus sp. — Midgley 1973: 4, appendix B (Tin Camp Creek; Deaf Adder Creek); Pollard 1974: 17–19 [in part] (Alligator Rivers); Lake 1978: 33 (Magela Creek).

Neosilurus sp. 7 — Merrick and Schmida 1984: 130–131 (Magela Creek).

Neosilurus ater — Larson 1987: 147 (Kakadu Stages 1 and 2); Larson 1998: 32 (Mirikau-yunga Creek, Pulampuli Creek, Andranangoo Creek, Takamprimili Creek, Melville Island); Larson 1999a: 20 (Policeman Waterhole, Keep River); Unmack 2001: 668 (Finke River); Allen et al. 2002: 78 (Roper River and Groote Eylandt); Wilson and Brooks 2004: 11 (Moyle River; Anopheles Creek; Tom Turner Creek; Daly/Katherine Rivers; Mainoru River; Goyder River; Rock Bottom Creek; Dook Creek; Giddy River; Wonga Creek; Cato River; Habgood River; Buckingham Rivers); Hoese et al. 2006: 361 (NT; N coastal, N Gulf).

Neosilurus hyrtlii Steindachner, 1867

Hyrtl’s Catfish

Neosilurus hyrtlii Steindachner, 1867: 14 (Fitzroy River, Rockhampton) .— Glover and Sim 1978: 42–43 (Finke River drainage); Glover 1982: 243 (Finke River drainage); Bishop and Larson 1983: 6 (Frew River; Whistleduck Creek; Gosse River); Larson 1987: 147 (Kakadu Stages 1 and 2); Larson 1999a: 20 (“Bucket Spring”, Keep River National Park; Emerald Spring, Sandy Creek); Wilson and Brooks 2004: 11 (Moyle River; Anopheles Creek; Daly/Katherine Rivers; Mainoru River; Wilton River; Rock Bottom Creek; Dook Creek; Maiwok Creek; Barmguerikba Creek; Chambers River; King River; Wonga Creek; Richard River; Habgood River); Hoese et al. 2006: 361 (NT; Lake Eyre basin, N coastal, N Gulf).

Neosilurus hyrtelii (?)— Zietz 1891: 2 (Northern Territory).

Copidoglanis glencoensis Rendahl, 1922: 170 (Glencoe, Daly River) .

Tandanus (Neosilurus) hyrtlii — Paradice and Whitley 1927: 79 (Howard River).

Neosilurus mortoni Whitley, 1941b: 7 (Yam Creek (nine miles from Brock’s Creek , railway line south from Darwin), Northern Territory).

Tandanus glencoensis — Taylor 1964: 94 (above Roper River Mission; Fish Creek, Oenpelli).

Neosilurus sp. — Midgley 1973: 2, 4, 9–10 (Red Lily Lagoon, Cannon Hill; Cooper Creek; Jim Jim Falls; Deaf Adder Creek); Pollard 1974: 17–19 [in part] (Alligator Rivers); Midgley 1975: Appendix A (Eight-mile Hole, Weirk Springs, Caranbirini Creek, Leila Creek, Kilgour River, Frog Lagoon, McArthur River).

Neosilurus pseudospinosus Allen and Feinberg, 1998

Falsespine Catfish

Neosilurus sp. —Allen 1982: 36 (Katherine and Fergusson Rivers, NT).

Neosilurus pseudospinosus Allen and Feinberg, 1998: 15 (rocky pool of Ord River on Old Lissadel Station, Kimberley District, Western Australia).— Allen and Feinberg 1998: 16 (Victoria (West Baines and Wickham rivers) and Daly (Katherine and Ferguson rivers) river systems); Hoese et al. 2006: 362 (NT; N coastal, Victoria River system).

Paraplotosus albilabrus (Valenciennes, 1840)

Whitelip Catfish

Plotosus albilabrus Valenciennes, 1840: 427 (Batavia) . Paraplotosus albilabrus — Whitley 1940a: 407 (Port Darwin); Taylor 1964: 88 (East Point Reef; Bartalumba Bay; Yirrkalla); Larson and Williams 1997: 349 (East Point Reef; Lee Point shore reef; Channel Island); Larson 1999c: 25 (Field Island); Hoese et al. 2006: 362 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).

Paraplotosus butleri Allen, 1998

Sailfin Catfish

Paraplotosus butleri Allen, 1998: 129–132 (near Broome, Western Australia).

Darwin Harbour; Cobourg Peninsula; Orontes Reef; Wigram Island; Truant Island.

New record for the NT (19 lots at NTM).

Paraplotosus muelleri ( Klunzinger, 1880)

Kimberley Catfish

Cnidoglanis mulleri Klunzinger, 1880: 411 (Port Darwin, NT).

Cnidoglanis muelleri — Taylor 1964: 86 (Port Darwin).

Paraplotosus albilabris — Paxton et al. 1989: 225 (N.T.).

Paraplotosus muelleri —Allen 1998: 132 (East Point Reef, near Darwin; Groote Eylandt; Darwin Harbour; Gunn Point, near Darwin).

Paraplotosus mulleri — Larson 1997: 28 (Field Island); Larson 1999b: 30 (Kakadu); Larson 2000: 38 (Field Island); Larson 2002: 32 (Field Island); Hoese et al. 2006: 363 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).

Plotosus canius Hamilton, 1922

Eel Catfish

Plotosus canius Hamilton, 1822: 142 (Ganges) .— Paxton et al. 1989: 225 (NT); Larson 1997: 28 (West Alligator East Alligator River); Larson 1999c: 23 (West Alligator Head; Field Island); Larson 1999b: 30 (Kakadu); Larson 2000: 39 (East Alligator River); Hoese et al. 2006: 363 (NT; N coast, Tomkinson River). Creek on NE side Milingimbi.

Plotosus lineatus ( Thunberg, 1791) Striped Catfish Silurus lineatus Thunberg, 1791: 190 (Indian Ocean) . Plotosus anguillaris — Macleay 1878: 363 (Port Darwin). Plotosus lineatus — Zietz 1891: 2 (Northern Territory); Taylor 1964: 85 (Yirrkalla); Pender et al. 1992: 66 (western

Gulf of Carpentaria); Larson and Williams 1997: 349 (Cullen Beach); Hoese et al. 2006: 364 (NT; Gulf of

Carpentaria, N coast).

Melville Bay; Cape Arnhem (AMS material).

Porochilus argenteus ( Zietz, 1896) Silver Catfish Plotosus argenteus Zietz, 1896: 410 (Finke River and Barcoo River, Central Australia). Neosilurus argenteus — Lake 1978: 32 (Drainage divisions 8, 9 and 10); Glover and Sim 1978: 42–43 (Finke River drainage); Glover 1982: 243 (Finke River drainage); Paxton et al. 1989: 224 (NT); Glover 1990: 190

(Finke River); Allen et al. 2002: 84 (Lake Woods). Porochilus argenteus — Hoese et al. 2006: 364 (NT; Lake Eyre basin, N coastal, W plateau, Lake Woods).

Porochilus obbesi Weber, 1913

Obbes’ Catfish

Porochilus obbesi Weber, 1913a: 523 (Lorentz River, Papua New Guinea).— Whitley 1941b: 7 (Yam Creek (nine miles from Brock’s Creek, railway line south from Darwin), Northern Territory); Taylor 1964: 90 (Fish Creek); Pollard 1974: 63 (Fish Creek, East Alligator River); Allen et al. 2002: 85 (Yam Creek, Daly River system; Fish Creek, East Alligator River system); Hoese et al. 2006: 364 (NT; N coastal, N Gulf).

? Neosilurus brevidorsalis — Bishop et al. 1980: 143 (Magela floodplain lagoons).

Anniversary Creek, Adelaide River; Burtons Creek, Finniss River; Sandy Creek, Reynolds River.

Keith Bishop’s fish were identified by P. Kailola.

Porochilus rendahli ( Whitley, 1928)

Rendahl’s Catfish

Copidoglanis rendahli Whitley, 1928 b: 214 (substitute name for Copidoglanis obscurus Rendahl , preoccupied; Glencoe and Hermit Hill).— Merrick and Schmida 1984: 125 (East Alligator River; Groote Eylandt). and 2); Larson 1999a: 20 (Policeman Waterhole, Keep River); Allen et al. 2002: 86 (Northern Territory; Groote Eylandt).

Tandanus rendahli — Taylor 1964: 96 (Emerald River, Groote Eylandt; above Roper River Mission; Fish Creek, Oenpelli; Red Lily Lagoon).

Neosilurus sp. — Pollard 1974: 17–19 [in part] (Alligator Rivers).

Porochilus rendahli — Dixon and Huxley 1985: 179 (Katji Lagoon [Goyder River area]); Larson 1987: 147 (Kakadu Stages 1 002: 86 (Groote Eylandt); Wilson and Brooks 2004: 12 (Daly/Katherine Rivers; Chambers River; Buckingham River); Hoese et al. 2006: 365 (NT; N coastal, N Gulf).