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Plotosus lineatus can reach a maximum length of 32 cm (13 in). [1] The body is brown with cream-colored or white longitudinal bands. The most striking feature of this species is in the fins, in fact the second dorsal, caudal and anal are fused together as in eels. In the rest of the body is quite similar to a freshwater catfish: the mouth is ...
The eel-tailed catfish, Tandanus tandanus, is a species of catfish ( order Siluriformes) of the family Plotosidae. [2] This fish is also known as dewfish, freshwater catfish, jewfish, and tandan. [3] This species is a freshwater fish native to the Murray - Darling river system of eastern Australia. [2] The scientific name for eel-tailed catfish ...
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. [1] The family includes about 41 species in 10 genera. [1][2] About half of the species are freshwater, occurring in Australia and New ...
Neosilurus novaeguineae is a freshwater eeltail catfish described by Max Weber in 1907. [1] [2] It is endemic to northern New Guinea. [2] [3] The common name New Guinea tandan has been proposed for it. [2] This catfish prefers deeper pools of small streams that are often littered with logs and branches. It grows to 21 cm (8.3 in) standard ...
Species. There are currently nine recognized species in this genus: [1] Plotosus abbreviatus Boulenger, 1895. Plotosus canius Hamilton, 1822 (Gray eel-catfish) Plotosus fisadoha Ng & Sparks, 2002. Plotosus japonicus Yoshino & Kishimoto, 2008 (Japanese Striped eel-catfish) (ゴンズイ) Plotosus limbatus Valenciennes, 1840 (Darkfin eel-catfish)
Eel catfish. The eel catfish (Channallabes apus) is an airbreathing catfish found in the muddy swamps of the tropics of Central Africa. It grows up to 32.7 cm in total length (12.9 in), and is notable for its ability to propel itself out of the water to catch prey. The thin, eel-shaped body of C. apus is black or dark brown, with widely spaced ...
The African sharptooth catfish is a large, eel-like fish, usually of dark gray or black coloration on the back, fading to a white belly. In Africa , this catfish has been reported as being second in size only to the vundu of the Zambesian waters, [ 3 ] although FishBase suggests the African sharptooth catfish surpasses that species in both ...
The wels catfish lives in large, warm lakes and deep, slow-flowing rivers. It prefers to remain in sheltered locations such as holes in the riverbed, sunken trees, etc. It consumes its food in the open water or in the deep, where it can be recognized by its large mouth. Wels catfish are kept in fish ponds as food fish.
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