Species details : Cnidoglanis macrocephalus (Valenciennes, 1840)

Accepted scientific name:
Cnidoglanis macrocephalus (Valenciennes, 1840) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Cnidoglanis macrocephalus  (Valenciennes, 1840)
Synonyms:
Choeroplotosus decemfilis Kner, 1867 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Choeroplotosus decemfilis Kner, 1867
Choeroplotosus limbatus Kner, 1866 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Choeroplotosus limbatus Kner, 1866
Cnidoglanis bostockii Castelnau, 1873 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Cnidoglanis bostockii Castelnau, 1873
Neoplotosus waterhousii Castelnau, 1875 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Neoplotosus waterhousii Castelnau, 1875
Ostophycephalus duriceps Ogilby, 1899 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Ostophycephalus duriceps Ogilby, 1899
Plotosus macrocephalus Valenciennes, 1840 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Plotosus macrocephalus Valenciennes, 1840
Plotosus megastomus Richardson, 1845 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Plotosus megastomus Richardson, 1845
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Cobbler - English Australia Click here to show the literature
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Cobbler - English USA Click here to show the literature
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Deteira - English USA Click here to show the literature
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Estuary catfish - English Australia Click here to show the literature
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Estuary catfish - English USA Click here to show the literature
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South Australian catfish - English Australia Click here to show the literature
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Isoviiritandani - Finnish Finland Click here to show the literature
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大头荨麻鳗鲶 Da tou xun ma man nian Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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大頭蕁麻鰻鯰 Da tou syun ma man nian Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Siluriformes FishBase
Family Plotosidae FishBase
Genus Cnidoglanis FishBase
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: endemic to Australia. Present along both eastern and western Australian coasts, from Kirra in southern Queensland to Jervis Bay in New South Wales, and from Kingston in South Australia to the Houtman Abrolhos in Western Australia. Distributional range extension to the Duck River in Tasmania (Ref. 7300) needs verification.
Lifezones: Brackish,marine
Additional data: In Cuvier & Valenciennes.
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 19-May-2014
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2015   99%
Bibliographic citation: Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=12092
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fd82f045-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401