Wet Tropics Tandan | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Plotosidae |
Genus: | Tandanus |
Species: | T. tropicanus
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Binomial name | |
Tandanus tropicanus (Welsh, Jerry, & Burrows, 2014)[1]
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Tandanus tropicanus or the Wet Tropics Tandan[1] is a species of eeltail catfish native to Australia. It was discovered in rivers between Townsville and Cairns by a group of scientists from James Cook University.[2] The species, which grows to length of about 20 inches,[3] has a cylindrical body tapering to a thin, eel-like tail. It has small eyes and a large mouth surrounded with barbels.[4]