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 Family Overview | |
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| 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 |
| Top Five Genera (by keepers) | |||
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| 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) |
| Distribution of Plotosidae | |
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| Most Kept Species | ||
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| 1. | Neosilurus ater | (32.65%) |
| 2. | Tandanus tandanus | (30.61%) |
| 3. | Porochilus rendahli | (10.2%) |
| 4. | Neosilurus hyrtlii | (10.2%) |
| 5. | Porochilus obbesi | (4.08%) |
| 6. | Porochilus meraukensis | (2.04%) |
| 7. | Plotosus papuensis | (2.04%) |
| 8. | Plotosus canius | (2.04%) |
| 9. | Oloplotosus mariae | (2.04%) |
| 10. | Neosilurus mollespiculum | (2.04%) |
| 11. | Neosilurus brevidorsalis | (2.04%) |