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Anodontiglanis dahli in Australia
Toothless catfish

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Anodontiglanis dahli   Rendahl, 1922
Family:	Plotosidae (Eeltail catfishes)			picture () by ( not available )
Order:	Siluriformes  (catfish)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Toothless catfish
Max. size:	40.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 5259)
Environment:	demersal
Climate:	tropical
Global Importance:
Resilience:	Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	Oceania: endemic to Australia.
Biology:	Lives in clear, flowing waters. Often forms aggregations around log snags or in deeper rock pools. Also occurs in sandy bottoms around the cover of woody debris and in flooded lagoons. Solitary (Ref. 44894). Feeds on aquatic insects, mollusks, prawns and bottom detritus (Ref. 5259). Feeds by thrusting its snout into the sandy bottom. Nothing is specific is known about the breeding biology, but it probably spawns early in the wet season (Ref. 44894)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Allen, G.R.. 1989. (Ref. 5259)
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Australia country information
Common names:	Toothless catfish		Ref:  Allen, G.R., 1989
Status:	endemic		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Widespread in northern Australia, but known from relatively few locations including the Fitzroy River in Western Australia, the Daly, East Alligator, and Roper River systems in the Northern Territory, and the Mitchell and Archer Rivers of Cape York, Queensland. Also Ref. 44894.
States/Provinces:	Northern Territory (native) Queensland (native) Western Australia (native)
States/Provinces Complete?:	Yes
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/as.html
National  Fisheries  Authority:	www.csiro.au/
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Allen, G.R., 1989
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	Modified:  Ortañez, Auda Kareen	Entered:  Torres, Armi G.

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		(e.g. 9948)				(e.g. cephalopods)
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