Aquarium Eel Tailed Catfish

The eel tailed catfish tandanus tandanus is a species of catfish order siluriformes of the family plotosidae.

Aquarium eel tailed catfish. After the slash we had to warn a few people ms birks said. This fish is also known as dewfish freshwater catfish jewfish and tandan. Young black eel tail catfish make interesting additions to an aquarium of australian native fish.

The eel tail catfish has 4 pairs of barbels surrounding the mouth and sharp serrated dorsal and pectoral fin spines which are venomous and can cause a very painful wound. Eel tailed catfish are a native of nsw and can be found in both eastern and western river systems. Found in brackish and freshwaters waters over estuaries lagoons lower parts of rivers and in coastal seas.

Tandanus catfish are a solid almost cylindrical elongated fish with the posterior half of their body tapering into a pointed eel like tail. Attacks are usually made by the male eel tailed catfish during breeding season reports the nsw aquaculture association and can take one of three forms the barbed slash being the most dangerous. The male eel tailed catfish will pitch its fins and spines and slash its target as it rushes past them at high speed.

Also known as barbel eel catfish black eeltail catfish blacktip catfish canine eel catfish eel catfish eel tailed catfish indian catfish hamilton s eel catfish striped catfish eel. This was probably the first time this species was artificially spawned. Australia s native freshwater eel tailed catfishes include several members of the family plotosidae that have evolved over millenia to survive in the harsh and unpredictable environments of australia s inland waters.

There are at least a dozen different species of eel tailed catfish in australia but generally in nsw it s tandanus tandanus that you will find. It s a bit hard to give a colour description of the catfish as they do colour up the colour most suitable for camouflage in. The black eel tailed catfish was first breed by ausyfish in 1989.

They feed on crustaceans fish and molluscs. The eel tailed catfish is terrorising local swimmers at parramatta lake in sydney parents are shocked to find the fish leaving nasty cuts and gashes on children they are urging the local council. This species grows quite large although growth in aquariums is very slow.