Neosilurus gloveri • Plotosidae • Cat-eLog

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Scientific Name	**Neosilurus gloveri** Allen & Feinberg, 1998
Common Name	Dalhousie Catfish
Type Locality	Main Spring, Dalhousie Springs, South Australia, about 26°25'S, 135°30'E.
Pronunciation	Nee oh see loo russ - glove err aye
Etymology	The generic name comes from the Latin neo, meaning new and Silurus, a catfish name frequently used to form generic names.
Species Information
Size	180mm or 7.1" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	One of the smaller members of the Genus.
Sexing	They may be sexed by the shape of their urogenital papilla, although the small size of this species makes this a little more difficult.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Restricted to fourteen springs at Dalhousie Springs. They are usually common within their small range. Australia waters, Dalhousie springs (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view species occurence data on a map.
Temperature	16.0-40.0°C or 60.8-104°F (Show species within this range)
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Fecundity ranges from 136 eggs for a 72mm (3in) TL fish to 1197 eggs for a 120mm (4.8in) TL fish. It is not known if spawning is seasonal or occurs all year round.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology v. 3 (no. 1), pp 13, Fig. 3.
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Last Update	2019 Sep 24 11:22 (species record created: 2002 Jan 05 00:00)