WoRMS

WoRMS taxon details

Plotosus nkunga Gomon & Taylor, 1982

AphiaID

217656 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217656)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Plotosus Lacepède, 1803

Original name

Plotosus nkunga Gomon & Taylor, 1982

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Gomon, J. R.; Taylor, W. R. (1982). Plotosus nkunga, a new species of catfish from South Africa, with a redescription of Plotosus limbatus Valenciennes and key to the species of Plotosus (Siluriformes: Plotosidae. The J.L.B Smith Institute of Ichthyology Special Publication. No. 22: i-ii (unnumbered) + 1-16. [details]

Descriptive notes

Description Found in estuaries and along open coasts. Feeds mainly on benthic invertebrates (Ref. 3478).

Description Found in estuaries and along open coasts. Feeds mainly on benthic invertebrates (Ref. 3478). [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Plotosus nkunga Gomon & Taylor, 1982. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217656 on 2026-07-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-02-24 18:26:33Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2008-01-15 17:27:08Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Gomon, J. R.; Taylor, W. R. (1982). Plotosus nkunga, a new species of catfish from South Africa, with a redescription of Plotosus limbatus Valenciennes and key to the species of Plotosus (Siluriformes: Plotosidae. The J.L.B Smith Institute of Ichthyology Special Publication. No. 22: i-ii (unnumbered) + 1-16. [details]

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

Ecology

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]