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Genus of fishes

Euristhmus
Euristhmus microceps
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Plotosidae
Genus: Euristhmus
Ogilby, 1899
Type species
Plotosus elongatus
Castelnau, 1878
Synonyms
  • Exilichthys Whitley, 1933

Euristhmus is a genus of eeltail catfishes native to the eastern Indian-western Pacific Oceans around Australia, New Guinea and Indonesia.

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus:

E. lepturus is known from Exmouth Gulf, Western Australia to Sydney, New South Wales, and New Guinea, in freshwater, estuarine and near-shore marine habitats. E. microceps originates from Shark Bay to Broome, Western Australia, in near-shore habitats over soft bottoms. E. nudiceps inhabits near-shore habitats over soft bottoms of Shark Bay, Western Australia to Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, and New Guinea. E. nudiceps is found along coastlines and in estuaries, including freshwater reaches.

Euristhmus species grow to about 33.0–46.0 centimetres (13.0–18.1 inches) TL.

References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Euristhmus". FishBase. February 2012 version.
  2. Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Euristhmus nudiceps". FishBase. Aug 2007 version.
  4. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Euristhmus lepturus". FishBase. Aug 2007 version.
Taxon identifiers
Euristhmus


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