Eel-tailed catfish
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

Ni ngay ko xàmmee
- 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
Kàttanu daŋar
Ay dag yu ñaw ñoo yor daŋar bi. Teg tànk ci kawam walla jàpp ko dafay metti.
Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?
Its fin spines are venomous and can cause a very painful wound.1
Ni mu lore nit ñi?
Musiba ci nit: Dafay mettiMën na metti lool, waaye lu bon du faral di am.The spines can cause a very painful wound.1
Su ay dagam jamee la
- Teg gaañu-gaañu bi ci ndox mu tàng, lu nit ki mën a muñ waaye bu dul ko lakk (seetal ko ak sa loxo), diir bu dale 30 ba 90 minit. Wutal ndimbal doktoor, rawatina ci jënu-doj ak raie.
Saa su nekk, woo jëkk sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911). Lii ay ndigal yu yaatu ci ndimbal yu jëkk la, du ndigalu doktoor. Li war a xam ci ndimbal yu jëkk
Sàmmal sa bopp
- Bul laal mukk, bul jàpp, bul sonal ab rab bu àll, doonte bu ndaw la, te doonte dafa mel ni dafa nelaw walla dafa dee.
- May ko bérab. Su nga ko gisee, dalal, dellu ginnaaw ndànk-ndànk te bàyyi ko mu dem yoonam.
- Su ay dagam jamee la: dalal, bul yëngu, woo sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911) walla dem lopitaan ci gaaw. Bul fàtte ni mu meloon, ab nataal dina dimbali.
Du la wut. Dafay jëfandikoo daŋaram ngir jàpp lu muy lekk walla ngir aar boppam, te nëbbu moo ko gën a neex. Yeneen ci ni ngay sàmme sa bopp
Ni mu réye?
Ni mu guddoo?
Ni mu diise?
guddu na ni 2 muusu kër, bakkan ba geen
guddu na ni 5 banaana yu ñu toftale
diis na lu tollu ci muusu kër
mën na féey guddaayu pisin bu réy (50 m) ci 24 segondEel-tailed catfish ni mu réye ci wetu YOW?
Ay waññ rekk ci sa navigateur. Dara du denc te dara du yónnee fenn.
Ni mu gaawe?
Xibaar
Males and females both help: the parents guard the nest of eggs until they hatch.1
The nest is built one or two weeks before spawning, when water reaches 20–24 °C.1
Juveniles often gather in groups, although adults usually live alone.1
Its populations in the southern Murray-Darling have declined so much that most are extinct or nearly so.1
Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar
- Turu xam-xam
- Tandanus tandanus
- Mbooloo
- Jën yu am daŋar
- Njaboot
- Plotosidae2
- Toftal
- Siluriformes
- Kontinaa yi
- Ostarali ak Oseyani
- Liir yi
- 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
- Diiru dund
- lu tollu ci 8 at1
- Ni mu nekke ci àll bi
- Endangered in New South Wales; Threatened in Victoria; Protected in South Australia1
- Musiba ci nit
- 2 / 5: Dafay metti3
Fa xibaar yi jóge
- Eel-tailed catfish (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Tandanus tandanus (iNaturalist): tur ak ni ñu leen séddale.
- Venom Wiki: tolluwaayu musiba bi, réyaay bu yem bi ak xalaatu gaawaay bi, nun ñoo leen defar. Seetal ni nu leen waññe: Ni nuy natte musiba.
Xibaar bu nekk ci xët wii am na ab nimero buy won fa mu jóge. Su nu juumee, baal nu, nun ay nit ñu bëgg rab lanu, du ab jurnaalu xam-xam. Wax nu ko ci [email protected] te dinanu ko jubbanti.
Dag yu am daŋar

