🦋 Family

Plotosidae

4 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › › Siluriformes › Plotosidae

Plotosus lineatus is a venomous Indo-Pacific fish species that has spread to the eastern Mediterranean, with distinctive banded coloration.

Cnidoglanis macrocephalus (the cobbler/estuary cobbler) is an Australian venomous eeltail catfish that forages at night.

Paraplotosus butleri, the sailfin catfish, is a plotosid catfish found in shallow Indo-West Pacific coastal reefs, growing up to 32.5 cm SL.

Tandanus tandanus, the eel-tailed catfish, is a freshwater Australian fish with venomous fin spines and eel-like tails.

Related Families

Ictaluridae 17 species Ariidae 5 species Loricariidae 3 species Pimelodidae 3 species Siluridae 3 species Callichthyidae 2 species Clariidae 2 species Doradidae 2 species

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