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Eeltail Catfishes
Plotosidae
The eeltail catfish are a family (Plotosidae) of catfish whose tails are elongated in an eel-like fashion. These catfishes are native to the Indian Ocean and western Pacific from Japan to Australia and Fiji. The family includes about 35 species in 10 genera. About half of the species are freshwater, occurring in Australia and New Guinea.
10 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 43 known species
Eel Catfishes
genusPlotosus
Estuary Cobblers
genusCnidoglanis
Tandanus
genusTandanus
Paraplotosus
genusParaplotosus
Neosilurus
genusNeosilurus
Euristhmus
genusEuristhmus
Porochilus
genusPorochilus
Toothless Catfishes
genusAnodontiglanis
Cooper Creek Catfishes
genusNeosiluroides
Oloplotosus
genusOloplotosus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49213.