Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Striped Catfish
Plotosus lineatus
Striped Catfish
Category: 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)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
 └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  └Actinopteri (Superclass)
   └Teleostei (Class)
    └Siluriformes (Order)
     └Plotosidae (Family)
      └Plotosus (Genus)

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Striped Catfish



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