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 Plotosidae


Plotosidae Not a well known catfish family as the majority reside in Australia and New Guinea.

The common name for the 30 or so species in this family are the "eel-tailed catfishes" due to the continuation of the caudal and anal fin around the body. The most common species is the marine or "coral cat", Plotosus lineatus, but the vast majority are endemic to freshwater.

 

COMMON NAMES
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B
Black Tandan
Bulloo false-spined catfish
 
C
Cooper Creek catfish
Cooper Creek Tandan
Coral Catfish
 
E
Eel-tailed Catfish
Estuary Cobbler
 
F
False-spined catfish
 
G
Gray eel-catfish
 
H
Hyrtl's Tandan
 
J
Jewfish
 
M
Maria's tandan
 
N
Narrow - fronted Tandan
Neosiluroides sp. B.
New Guinea tandan
 
O
Obbes' catfish
 
P
Papuan eel-catfish
 
R
Rendahl's catfish
 
S
Sailfin Catfish
Shortfin tandan
Short-finned Catfish
Silver Tandan
Soft-spined Catfish
Southern tandan
Stinging eel catfish
 
T
Tandan
Toothless Catfish
 
W
Wet Tropics Tandan
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