Euristhmus sandrae Murdy & Ferraris 2006


Sandra's Catfish, Euristhmus sandrae. Source: Sue Morrison / Western Australian Museum. License: CC By Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

Summary:
A uniform brown, grey, tan, or whitish eeltail catfish with elongate first dorsal-fin rays, and eight branched pectoral-fin rays.

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Bray, D.J. 2019, Euristhmus sandrae in Fishes of Australia, accessed 29 Mar 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/3303

Euristhmus sandrae Murdy & Ferraris 2006

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Distribution

Endemic to northwestern Western Australia, known from Exmouth Gulf and south of Rowley Shoals.

Etymology

The specific name sandrae, honours Sandra J. Raredon of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, U.S.A., who contributed greatly to this study and others undertaken by the authors.

Species Citation

Euristhmus sandrae Murdy & Ferraris  2006, The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 22: 88, figs 2E, 10. Type locality Exmouth Gulf, Western Australia, depth 9 m [21°42'S, 114°48'E]. 

Author

Bray, D.J. 2019

Resources

Atlas of Living Australia

Euristhmus sandrae Murdy & Ferraris 2006

References


Ferraris, C.J. 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418: 1–628

Murdy, E.O. & Ferraris, C.J., Jr 2006. A revision of the marine eel-tailed catfish genus Euristhmus (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Plotosidae). The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 22: 77-90

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CAAB Code:37192025

Depth:9-80 m

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