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Oloplotosus mariae Weber, 1913

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Description: Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 5; Anal soft rays: 101 - 116. Occurs in clear, rocky streams in deeper pools, usually in hilly or mountainous terrain.

Common Name:

Maria's tandan

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Plotosidae

Distribution:

Oceania: Southern Papua (formerly Irian Jaya), New Guinea. Type locality: Lorentz-Fluss, Sabang; Lorentz-Fluss, Alkmaar [New Guinea].

Size:

12.0cm. (4¾ins)

Temp:

p.H.

Reference:

Allen, G.R., 1991. Field guide to the freshwater fishes of New Guinea. Publication, no. 9. 268 p. Christensen Research Institute, Madang, Papua New Guinea.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2016. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 06/2016 ).

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Oloplotosus mariae

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