Soft-spined catfish

Neosilurus mollespiculum

Catfish beneath Australian Waters

Soft-spined catfish is a freshwater fish of Oceania. The species occupies freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 44 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Catfishes
Family: Plotosidae
Genus: Neosilurus
Maximum length: 44 cm
Water: Freshwater
Distribution: Oceania: Burdekin River system, northeastern Queensland, Australia.
Conservation status: VUVulnerable

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