Porochilus
Sign in to savePorochilus is a genus of eeltail catfishes native to Australia and New Guinea.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyPlotosidae
Habitatfreshwater
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 16
- Family
- Plotosidae
- Collections
- USNM, QM, WAM, MAGNT
- Recorded in
- Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea
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- Parent taxon
- Plotosidae
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- Porochilus
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Porochilus is a genus of eeltail catfishes native to Australia and New Guinea.
==Species== There are currently four recognized species in this genus: 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)
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