''Tandanus'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
eeltail catfish
The eeltail catfish are a family (Plotosidae) of catfish whose tails are elongated in an eel-like fashion. These catfishes are native to the Indian Ocean and western Pacific from Japan to Australia and Fiji. The family includes about 41 speci ...
es
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...
to
Australia.
Species
There are currently 3 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Tandanus bostocki''
Whitley, 1944 (Freshwater cobbler)
* ''
Tandanus tandanus''
Mitchell, 1838 (Tandan catfish)
* ''
Tandanus tropicanus''
Welsh, Jerry & Burrows, 2014 (Wet Tropics Tandan)
References
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Catfish genera
Freshwater fish genera
Taxa named by Thomas Mitchell (explorer)
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