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WoRMS taxon detailsPlotosus nkunga Gomon & Taylor, 1982
217656 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217656)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh,
Gomon, J. R.; Taylor, W. R. (1982). Plotosus nkunga, a new species of catfish from South Africa, with a redescription of Plotosus limbatus Valenciennes and key to the species of Plotosus (Siluriformes: Plotosidae. <em>The J.L.B Smith Institute of Ichthyology Special Publication.</em> No. 22: i-ii (unnumbered) + 1-16. [details]
Description Found in estuaries and along open coasts. Feeds mainly on benthic invertebrates (Ref. 3478).
Description Found in estuaries and along open coasts. Feeds mainly on benthic invertebrates (Ref. 3478). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Plotosus nkunga Gomon & Taylor, 1982. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217656 on 2024-07-23
Date action by
original description
Gomon, J. R.; Taylor, W. R. (1982). Plotosus nkunga, a new species of catfish from South Africa, with a redescription of Plotosus limbatus Valenciennes and key to the species of Plotosus (Siluriformes: Plotosidae. <em>The J.L.B Smith Institute of Ichthyology Special Publication.</em> No. 22: i-ii (unnumbered) + 1-16. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]   Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Description Found in estuaries and along open coasts. Feeds mainly on benthic invertebrates (Ref. 3478). [details]
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Plotosus nkunga) To FishBase To FishBase images (Plotosus nkunga, South Africa, by Randall, J.E.) To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins) To NMNH Extant Collection (Plotosus nkunga USNM 226490 paratype radiograph ventral view) To ITIS |
