australis, Silurichthys Castelnau [F. L.] 1875:45 [Official Record, containing Introduction, Catalogues, Official Awards of the Commissioners, Report and Recommendations of the Experts, and Essays and Statistics on the Social and Economic Resources of the Colony of Victoria.; ref. 768] Cape York, Queensland, Australia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:348 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Neosilurus hyrtlii Steindachner 1867 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:224 [ref. 12442], Hoese & Gates 2006:361 [ref. 28997], Ferraris 2007:348 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Neosilurus hyrtlii Steindachner 1867. Plotosidae. Habitat: freshwater.