Narrowfront tandan
Neosilurus ater
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An eel-tailed catfish from rivers and streams of northern Australia and New Guinea. It reaches 47 centimetres.
- Scientific name
- Neosilurus ater
- Family
- Plotosidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Plotosidae
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Synonyms
- Lambertia atra, Lambertichthys ater sepikensis, Neosilurus ater sepikensis, Neosilurus mediobarbis, Tandanus ater
Origin
- Native region
- Oceania, Ásia
Water
- Temperature
- 22–30 °C
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 47 cm
Behavior
- Swimming level
- Bottom
- Diet
- Carnivore
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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