Plotosus lineatus  (Thunberg, 1787)

Striped Eel Catfish
Home > Marine Fish > ​Plotosus lineatus

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Suborder: -
Superfamily: Siluroidea
Family: Plotosidae
Subfamily: -
Genus: ​Plotosus
Species: lineatus

  • Common names: Striped Eel Catfish
  • Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to Samoa, north to southern Japan, southern Korea, and the Ogasawara Islands, south to Australia and Lord Howe Island. Palau and Yap in Micronesia (Ref. 1602). Sometimes enters freshwaters of East Africa (Lake Malawi) and Madagascar (Ref. 3879).
  • Image locations: Nakhon Si Thammarat (Koh Tao)
  • Environment: Marine
  • Additional notes: 
Plotosus lineatus image location map.jpg
Image locations
Images of Plotosus lineatus from Thailand.
Plotosus lineatus.jpg
Plotosus lineatus (Striped catfish). Koh Tao, Chumphon Province. April, 2013.
Plotosus lineatus from Koh Tao.jpg
Plotosus lineatus (Striped catfish). Koh Tao, Chumphon Province. April, 2013.
References: 
​Fish Base