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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.

SYNONYMS
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Anyperistius perugiae

Choeroplotosus decemfilis

Cnidoglanis bostockii

Copidoglanis brevidorsalis

Copidoglanis equinus

Copidoglanis glencoensis

Copidoglanis novae-guineae

Copidoglanis novae-guineae niger

Copidoglanis rendahli

Eumeda elongata

Lambertia atra

Neoplotosus waterhousii

Neosilurus argenteus

Neosilurus australis

Neosilurus ater sepikensis

Neosilurus bartoni

Neosilurus glencoensis

Neosilurus mediobarbis

Neosilurus mortoni

Neosilurus rendahli

Ostophycephalus duriceps

Platystacus anguillaris

Plotosus argenteus

Plotoseus ikapor

Plotosus anguillaris

Plotosus arab

Plotosus castaneoides

Plotosus castaneus

Plotosus flavolineatus

Plotosus horridus

Plotosus macrocephalus

Plotosus marginatus

Plotosus megastomus

Plotosus multiradiatus

Plotosus tandanus

Plotosus thunbergianus

Plotosus unicolor

Plotosus vittatus

Potosus viviparus

Silurus arab

Silurichthys australis

Silurus lineatus

Tandanus ater

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