Plotosus
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Plotosus is a genus of eeltail catfishes native to the Indian Ocean, the western Pacific Ocean and New Guinea.
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Plotosus | |
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Striped eel catfish, Plotosus lineatus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Plotosidae |
Genus: | Plotosus Lacépède, 1803 |
Type species | |
Platystacus anguillaris Bloch, 1794 | |
Synonyms | |
Deportator Gistel, 1848 |
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