Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Striped Catfish
Plotosus lineatus
Striped Catfish
Category: Eel Catfishes
Scientific Name: Plotosus lineatus
Size: Up to 13 in. (32 cm)  
Depth: 20-140 ft. (6-43 m)
Distribution: Australia, Indo-Pacific
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Siluriformes (Order) Catfishes
     └Plotosidae (Family) Eeltail Catfishes
      └Plotosus (Genus) Eel Catfishes
       └P. lineatus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 217659🔗
iNaturalist ID: 49210🔗

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