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Plotosidae
= ( ploh TOE sid dee
)
Not a well known catfish family as the majority reside
in Australia and New Guinea.
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. |
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