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Class: Teleostei
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Plotosidae Eeltail catfishes

Genus: Plotosus

(See list of species below)


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9 species (see list below)
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Plotosus abbreviatus
[]

Photo by Jean-Francois Helias / Fishing Adventures Thailand

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 111.1 cm TL
Plotosus canius Hamilton, 1822

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Plotosus canius
[Gray eel-catfish]
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Plotosus fisadoha
[]

Photo by Shiina, M.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 18.3 cm SL
Plotosus japonicus Yoshino & Kishimoto, 2008

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Plotosus japonicus
[]

Photo by Goebbels, D.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 50 cm TL
Plotosus limbatus Valenciennes, 1840

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Plotosus limbatus
[Darkfin eel catfish]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 35.2 cm TL
Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787)

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Plotosus lineatus
[Striped eel catfish]
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Max. Length 24.3 cm TL
 
Plotosus nhatrangensis
[]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 51 cm SL
Plotosus nkunga Gomon & Taylor, 1982

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Plotosus nkunga
[Stinging eel catfish]

Photo by Burke, S.

Asia and Oceania
Max. Length 55 cm TL
Plotosus papuensis Weber, 1910

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Plotosus papuensis
[Papuan eel-catfish]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Plotosus abbreviatus Western Pacific. 1895
Plotosus canius Gray eel-catfish Indo-West Pacific 111.1 TL 1822
Plotosus fisadoha Western Indian Ocean 2002
Plotosus japonicus Northwest Pacific 18.3 SL 2008
Plotosus limbatus Darkfin eel catfish Western Indian Ocean 50 TL 1840
Plotosus lineatus Striped eel catfish Indo-Pacific 35.2 TL 1787
Plotosus nhatrangensis Western Pacific 24.3 TL 2008
Plotosus nkunga Stinging eel catfish Western Indian Ocean 51 SL 1982
Plotosus papuensis Papuan eel-catfish Asia and Oceania 55 TL 1910



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