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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 |