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Glencoe tandan

Neosilurus hyrtlii Steindachner, 1867

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Neosilurus hyrtlii Steindachner, 1867
Name authority
Steindachner, 1867
Common name
Glencoe tandan
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Siluriformes
Family
Plotosidae
Genus
Neosilurus
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderSiluriformes
  11. familyPlotosidae Bleeker, 1858
  12. genusNeosilurus Steindachner, 1867
  13. speciesNeosilurus hyrtlii Steindachner, 1867

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Neosilurus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
narrowfront tandanNeosilurus ater (Perugia, 1894)PlotosidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
shortfin tandanNeosilurus brevidorsalis (Günther, 1867)PlotosidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Neosilurus coatesi (Allen, 1985)PlotosidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Neosilurus novaeguineae (Weber, 1907)PlotosidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Neosilurus manjandi Hammer, Moore, Allen, Adams & Unmack, 2026PlotosidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Neosilurus equinus (Weber, 1913)PlotosidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Neosilurus gjellerupi (Weber, 1913)PlotosidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Neosilurus gloveri Allen & Feinberg, 1998PlotosidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Neosilurus idenburgi (Nichols, 1940)PlotosidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Neosilurus mollespiculum Allen & Feinberg, 1998PlotosidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Neosilurus pseudospinosus Allen & Feinberg, 1998PlotosidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 38 records assigned to Plotosidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Neosilurus australis Castelnau, 1878 Castelnau, 1878synonym
Neosilurus mortoni Whitley, 1941 Whitley, 1941synonym
Neosilurus robustus Ogilby, 1908 Ogilby, 1908synonym
Eumeda elongata Castelnau, 1878 Castelnau, 1878synonym
Copidoglanis glencoensis Rendahl, 1922 Rendahl, 1922synonym
Neosilurus glencoensis (Rendahl, 1922) (Rendahl, 1922)synonym
Silurichthys australis Castelnau, 1875 Castelnau, 1875synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Steindachner, F. (1867). Über einige Fische aus dem Fitzroy-Flusse bei Rockhampton in Ost-Australien. Sitzungsberichte Der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe Der Kaiserlichen Akademie Der Wissenschaften, v. 55 (1. Abth.): 9–16, Pl. 1. [Also as a separate, pp. 1–8, 1 pl]. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:46TRW. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.