Species profile—Neosilurus hyrtlii (Hyrtl's catfish)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) → Plotosidae (eel-tailed catfishes) → Neosilurus hyrtlii (Hyrtl's catfish)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
- Family
- Plotosidae (eel-tailed catfishes)
- Scientific name
- Neosilurus hyrtlii Steindachner, 1867
- Common name
- Hyrtl's catfish
- WildNet taxon ID
- 27048
- Alternate name(s)
- Hyrtl's tandan
butter jew
yellow-finned catfish
yellow-finned tandan
moonfish
moony
eeltail - Conservation significant
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Dependant Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Aquatic
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=27048.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
