Cat-eLog Right Families Right Plotosidae

Artistic impression of typical member of the Plotosidae
 
Down Family Overview
Pronounced Ploe TOW Sid Ae
Family Common Name Eel Tailed Catfish
Features In most species the dorsal, caudal and anal fins are conjoined to form the 'eel-tail'. No adipose fin and four pairs of roughly equal sized barbels.
Distribution Australia & New Guinea
Common Names Eel Tailed Catfish, Marine or Coral Catfish
Size Smallest 90mm, largest 1500mm, average 452mm, most commonly 460mm. All SL.
Species There are 33 "species" in 10 genera in the database
Keepers 11 species (33%) are being kept by registered keepers
Down Top Five Genera (by keepers)
1.Neosilurus 10 species(23 keepers)
2.Tandanus 4 species(15 keepers)
3.Porochilus 4 species(8 keepers)
4.Plotosus 4 species(2 keepers)
5.Oloplotosus 1 species(1 keepers)
Down Distribution of Plotosidae


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Down Most Kept Species
1.(32.65%)
2.(30.61%)
3.(10.2%)
4.(10.2%)
5.(4.08%)
6.(2.04%)
7.(2.04%)
8.(2.04%)
9.(2.04%)
10.Neosilurus mollespiculum(2.04%)
11.(2.04%)
Down Alphabetic Species List
(Chronological | Most Kept | Most Bred)
1.(i:3, k:0, b:0)
2.(i:3, k:0, b:0)
3.(i:1, k:0, b:0)
4.(i:1, k:0, b:0)
5.Euristhmus microphthalmus(i:0, k:0, b:0)
6.Euristhmus nudiceps(i:0, k:0, b:0)
7.(i:1, k:0, b:0)
8.(i:2, k:0, b:0)
9.(i:13, k:16, b:0)
10.(i:6, k:1, b:0)
11.(i:1, k:0, b:0)
12.Neosilurus equinus(i:0, k:0, b:0)
13.(i:1, k:0, b:0)
14.(i:8, k:5, b:0)
15.Neosilurus idenburgi(i:0, k:0, b:0)
16.Neosilurus mollespiculum(i:0, k:1, b:0)
17.Neosilurus novaeguineae(i:0, k:0, b:0)
18.(i:2, k:0, b:0)
19.(i:7, k:1, b:0)
20.Paraplotosus albilabris(i:0, k:0, b:0)
21.(i:1, k:0, b:0)
22.(i:3, k:0, b:0)
23.(i:14, k:1, b:0)
24.(i:11, k:0, b:0)
25.(i:11, k:1, b:0)
26.(i:3, k:0, b:0)
27.(i:4, k:1, b:0)
28.(i:4, k:2, b:0)
29.(i:10, k:5, b:0)
30.(i:1, k:0, b:0)
31.Tandanus bostocki(i:0, k:0, b:0)
32.(i:12, k:15, b:0)
33.Tandanus tropicanus(i:0, k:0, b:0)