Florent's Guide To The

Tropical 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: Indo-West Pacific, Australia
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
   └Actinopteri (Superclass)
    └Teleostei (Class)
     └Siluriformes (Order)
      └Plotosidae (Family)
       └Plotosus (Genus)
        └P. lineatus (Species)

Odd-Shaped Swimmers
Eel Catfishes

Striped Catfish



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