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Eel-tailed catfish

Tandanus tandanus
Davart il num: The scientific name Tandanus comes from a name for the fish, Tandan, in an unidentified Aboriginal Australian language. Major Thomas Livingston Mitchell recorded it on his 1832 expedition.1
Fa mo malBetg tutgarQuai fa mal, ma i na ta fa nagin donn serius.
Peschs tissientads Spinas tissientadasMangia: Charn
Privel per umans: DolurusQuai po far propi mal, ma i n'è bunamain mai grav.

The eel-tailed catfish is a freshwater fish with a large head, thick lips and a tail that narrows like an eel's. It lives in the Murray-Darling river system in eastern Australia. Its fins carry sharp, venomous spines, so it is important to know it when you are in the water.1

Viva en
Murray-Darling river system and coastal rivers of eastern Australia, including northern New South Wales1
Australia ed Oceania
Pagina iniziala
It lives in slow-moving streams, lakes and ponds with plants along the edges. It swims close to sand or gravel bottoms, and it is more common in lakes than in flowing water.1
Lunghezza
90 cm (3 ft)1
Paisa
6 kg (13 lb)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 7,5 km/h (4,7 mph)
Nudar, stima approximativa
Tge mangia el?
Juveniles feed on zooplankton and small insects, especially chironomid (midge) larvae. Fish over about 100 mm also eat small fish, and adults eat shrimps, crayfish, midge larvae, molluscs and dragonfly, caddis fly and mayfly larvae.1
Propi!Foto da Eel-tailed catfish
Eel-tailed catfish. Foto: Ged Tranter. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

  • Large head with thick, fleshy lips and tube-shaped nostrils1
  • Four pairs of barbels (whisker-like feelers) around the mouth1
  • Almost cylindrical body that tapers into a pointed, eel-like tail with a continuous fin edge1
  • Olive-green to brown, black or purplish back with a white underside1
  • Sharp, serrated spines on the dorsal (back) and pectoral (side) fins, which are venomous1

Forza dal tissi

Spinas tissientadas

Spinas pizzadas portan il tissi. Sch'ins passa sin el u al piglia, fa quai mal.

Tge fa ses tissi?

Its fin spines are venomous and can cause a very painful wound.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: DolurusQuai po far propi mal, ma i n'è bunamain mai grav.

The spines can cause a very painful wound.1

Sche sias spinas ta furan

  • Metta la plaja en aua chauda, uschè chauda sco che la persuna po supportar senza sa brischar (emprova cun tes agen maun), durant 30 fin 90 minutas. Tschertga agid medicinal, surtut tar peschs crap e rajas.

Clama adina l'emprim tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911). Quai è in cussegl general d'emprim agid, betg in cussegl medicinal. Basa da l'emprim agid

Resta en segirezza

  • Na tutga, na piglia e na tizza mai in animal selvadi, gnanc in pitschen, ed era sch'el para da durmir u d'esser mort.
  • Dà spazi a l'animal. Sche ti scuntras in, resta calm, va plaun enavos e lascha ir el per sia via.
  • Sche sias spinas ta furan: resta calm, na ta mova betg, clama tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911) u va spert en in ospital. Ta regorda co ch'el veseva or, ina foto gida.

El n'ha betg quai sin tai. El dovra ses tissi per pigliar nutriment u per sa defender, e sa zuppa bler pli gugent. Dapli davart la segirezza

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

Eel-tailed catfish circa 90 cm lung (3 ft)In giat da chasa circa 50 cm (1,6 ft)In chaun circa 1 m (3,3 ft)

Quant grev è el?

uschè grev sco 1,5 giats da chasa
uschè lung sco 2 giats da chasa dal nas fin a la cuauschè lung sco 5 bananas ina suenter l'autravar uschè grev sco in giat da chasapudess nudar la lunghezza d'in grond bassin (50 m) en 24 secundas

Quant grond è Eel-tailed catfish cumpareglià cun TAI?

Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn memorisà u tramess.

Quant svelt è el?

bun da savair

Fatgs

1

Males and females both help: the parents guard the nest of eggs until they hatch.1

2

The nest is built one or two weeks before spawning, when water reaches 20–24 °C.1

3

Juveniles often gather in groups, although adults usually live alone.1

4

Its populations in the southern Murray-Darling have declined so much that most are extinct or nearly so.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Tandanus tandanus
Gruppa
Peschs tissientads
Famiglia
Plotosidae2
Urden
Siluriformes
Continents
Australia ed Oceania
Poppins
Eggs are laid in a large nest of small stones and gravel, up to a metre across. One or both parents guard the eggs until they hatch.1
Durada da vita
circa 8 onns1
Co ch'i va ad el en la natira
Endangered in New South Wales; Threatened in Victoria; Protected in South Australia1
Privel per umans
2 / 5: Dolurus3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Eel-tailed catfish (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Tandanus tandanus (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
  3. Venom Wiki: il stgalim da privel, la grondezza tipica e la stima da la sveltezza èn noss agens. Guarda co che nus als calculain: Co che nus valitain il privel.

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