Cnidoglanis macrocephalus

Estuary cobbler
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Plotosidae
Genus: Cnidoglanis
Günther, 1864
Species:
C. macrocephalus
Binomial name
Cnidoglanis macrocephalus
(Valenciennes, 1840)
Synonyms
  • Plotosus macrocephalus
    Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840
  • Plotosus megastomus
    Richardson, 1845
  • Choeroplotosus decemfilis
    Kner, 1867
  • Cnidoglanis bostockii
    Castelnau, 1873
  • Neoplotosus waterhousii
    Castelnau, 1875
  • Ostophycephalus duriceps
    Ogilby, 1899

Cnidoglanis macrocephalus is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Plotosidae, and is the only species of the genus Cnidoglanis.[1] It is commonly known as the cobbler, estuary cobbler, deteira, estuary catfish, South Australian catfish, or Swan River catfish.[2][3]

  1. ^ Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cnidoglanis macrocephalus". FishBase. Aug 2007 version.
  3. ^ "Estuary Cobbler". Fish.gov.au. Archived from the original on 2007-09-04. Retrieved 2007-08-01.