the aboriginal name for the Catfish (q.v.) or Eel-fish (q.v.), Copidoglanis tandanus, Mitchell (or Plotosustandanus). Mitchell, who first discovered and describedthe Cat-fish, called it the Tandan, or Eel-fish.
1838. T. Mitchell, `Three Expeditions,' pp. 44, 45, pl. 5:
«In this piece of water we caught some small fish, two of thembeing of a rather singular kind, resembling an eel in the headand shape of the tail.»
[p. 45]: «On my return to the camp in the evening, I made adrawing of the eel fish which we had caught early in the day(fig. 2, pl. 5).»