Plotosus nkunga Gomon & Taylor, 1982

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Plotosus anguillaris (non Bloch) : Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917 b : 563 (misidentification)The freshwater fishes of South Africa. Part VI (continued). | Fowler, 1935 b : 369 (misidentification)South African fishes received from Mr. H. W. Bell-Marley in 1935. | Smith & Smith, 1966 : 36, fig. 163 (misidentification)Fishes of the Tsitsikama Coastal National Park. | Taylor & Gomon, 1986 : 162 (synonym of Plotosus nkunga) (misidentification)38. Plotosidae..
Plotosus anguillaris (non Bloch) (part.) : Barnard, 1925 : 163 (misidentification)A monograph of the marine fishes of South Africa. Part I. | Fowler, 1934 f : 417 (misidentification)The fishes of Oceania. Supplement 2. | Smith, 1949 a : 108, fig. 163 (not pl. 6) (misidentification)The sea fishes of Southern Africa. | Copley, 1952 a : 58 (misidentification)The game fishes of Africa. | Taylor & Gomon, 1986 : 162 (synonym of Plotosus nkunga) (misidentification)38. Plotosidae..
Plotosus limbatus (non Valenciennes) : Smith, 1975 : 20 (misidentification)Common and scientific names of the fishes of Southern Africa. Part 1. Marine fishes. | Wallace, 1975 a : 43 (misidentification)The estuarine fishes of the East Coast of South Africa. I. Species composition and length distribution in the estuarine and marine environments. II. Seasonal abundance anf migrations. | Hecht & Hecht, 1981 : 402, fig. 1-3 (misidentification)A descriptive systematic study of the otoliths of the neopterygean marine fishes of South Africa. Part IV. Siluriformes and Myctophiformes. | Taylor & Gomon, 1986 : 162 (synonym of Plotosus nkunga) (misidentification)38. Plotosidae..
Plotosus nkunga : Gomon & Taylor, 1982 : 1, 2, 3-6, 10-14, fig. 1A, pl. 1 Plotosus nkunga, a new species of catfish from South Africa, with a redescription of Plotosus limbatus Valenciennes and a key to the species of Plotosus (Siluriformes : Plotosidae). | Gomon, 1984 : 9-10, fig. (FAO sheets)FAO species identification sheets for fishing purposes. Western Indian Ocean, fishing area 51. | Gomon, 1986 : 213, fig. 60.260. Plotosidae. | Taylor & Gomon, 1986 : 16238. Plotosidae. | Burgess, 1989 : 180An atlas of freshwater and marine catfishes. A preliminary survey of the Siluriformes. | Fischer et al., 1990 : 169, fig.Fichas FAO de identificaçao de espécies para actividades de pesca. Guia de campo das espécies comerciais marinhas e de aguas salobras de Moçambique. | Robins et al., 1991 : 66World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. | van der Elst, 1993 : 277, fig.A guide to the common sea fishes of southern Africa. | Ng & Sparks, 2002 : 564, 567, 568Plotosus fisadoha, a new species of marine catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Plotosidae) from Madagascar. | Heemstra & Heemstra, 2004 : 114Coastal fishes of southern Africa. | Ferraris, 2007 : 351Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. | Seegers, 2008 a : 541, fig.The catfishes of Africa: A handbook for identification and maintenance. | Yoshino & Kishimoto, 2008 : 7Plotosus japonicus, a new eeltail catfish (Siluriformes: Plotosidae) from Japan..

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Colour pattern : Gomon, 1984 | Gomon, 1986 | Seegers, 2008 | van der Elst, 1993 .
Common names : Baberpaling (Afrikaans), African eel-catfish / Eel-catfish / Stinging eel catfish (English), Patuna picadora (Portuguese), Mtonzi (Swahili) .
Current distribution known : Kosi Bay to Knysna in South Africa. Possibly extending to Zanzibar, Tanzania .
Distribution_references : van der Elst, 1993 .
Food habits / trophic level : feeds mainly on benthic invertebrates .
Habitat / home range : a marine species entering freshwaters | found in estuaries and along open coasts. Enters freshwaters of South Africa .
Habitat_references : Seegers, 2008 .
Morphology / anatomy : Gomon, 1984 | Gomon, 1986 | van der Elst, 1993 .
Otoliths : Hecht & Hecht, 1981 .
Phylogeny : Gomon, 1984 .
Size : 510 mm SL .
Types :
- Plotosus nkunga Gomon & Taylor, 1982: 3, fig. 1 A, pl. 1. Type locality: "South Africa, Transkei, Bashee River". Holotype SAM n° 18.457; paratypes (17) RUSI n° 518, 3517, 3523, 3526, AMS n° I. 19816.001, ANSP n° 63.811, 55.225, SAM n° 13.062, 25.120, USNM n° 226.490, 219.606, CAS-SU n° 13.999, BPBM n° 27.857.