Cat-eLog Right Families RightPlotosidae

Artistic impression of typical member of the Plotosidae
 
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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.
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
Distribution Australia & New Guinea

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Down Top Five Genera (by keepers)
1.Neosilurus10 species(23 keepers)
2.Tandanus4 species(15 keepers)
3.Porochilus4 species(8 keepers)
4.Plotosus4 species(2 keepers)
5.Oloplotosus1 species(1 keepers)
Down Most Kept Species
1.
Neosilurus aterNeosilurus ater
(32.65%)
2.
Tandanus tandanusTandanus tandanus
(30.61%)
3.
Porochilus rendahliPorochilus rendahli
(10.2%)
4.
Neosilurus hyrtliiNeosilurus hyrtlii
(10.2%)
5.
Porochilus obbesiPorochilus obbesi
(4.08%)
6.
Porochilus meraukensisPorochilus meraukensis
(2.04%)
7.
Plotosus papuensisPlotosus papuensis
(2.04%)
8.
Plotosus caniusPlotosus canius
(2.04%)
9.
Oloplotosus mariaeOloplotosus mariae
(2.04%)
10.Neosilurus mollespiculum(2.04%)
11.
Neosilurus brevidorsalisNeosilurus brevidorsalis
(2.04%)
Down Alphabetic Species List
(Chronological | Most Kept | Most Bred)
1.
Anodontiglanis dahliAnodontiglanis dahli
(i:3, k:0, b:0)
2.
Cnidoglanis macrocephalusCnidoglanis macrocephalus
(i:3, k:0, b:0)
3.
Euristhmus lepturusEuristhmus lepturus
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
4.
Euristhmus microcepsEuristhmus microceps
(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.
Euristhmus sandraeEuristhmus sandrae
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
8.
Neosiluroides cooperensisNeosiluroides cooperensis
(i:2, k:0, b:0)
9.
Neosilurus aterNeosilurus ater
(i:13, k:16, b:0)
10.
Neosilurus brevidorsalisNeosilurus brevidorsalis
(i:6, k:1, b:0)
11.
Neosilurus coatesiNeosilurus coatesi
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
12.Neosilurus equinus(i:0, k:0, b:0)
13.
Neosilurus gloveriNeosilurus gloveri
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
14.
Neosilurus hyrtliiNeosilurus hyrtlii
(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 novaeguineaeNeosilurus novaeguineae
(i:2, k:0, b:0)
18.
Neosilurus pseudospinosusNeosilurus pseudospinosus
(i:2, k:0, b:0)
19.
Oloplotosus mariaeOloplotosus mariae
(i:7, k:1, b:0)
20.Paraplotosus albilabris(i:0, k:0, b:0)
21.
Paraplotosus butleriParaplotosus butleri
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
22.
Plotosus abbreviatusPlotosus abbreviatus
(i:3, k:0, b:0)
23.
Plotosus caniusPlotosus canius
(i:14, k:1, b:0)
24.
Plotosus lineatusPlotosus lineatus
(i:13, k:0, b:0)
25.
Plotosus papuensisPlotosus papuensis
(i:11, k:1, b:0)
26.
Porochilus argenteusPorochilus argenteus
(i:3, k:0, b:0)
27.
Porochilus meraukensisPorochilus meraukensis
(i:4, k:1, b:0)
28.
Porochilus obbesiPorochilus obbesi
(i:4, k:2, b:0)
29.
Porochilus rendahliPorochilus rendahli
(i:10, k:5, b:0)
30.
Tandanus bellingerensisTandanus bellingerensis
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
31.Tandanus bostocki(i:0, k:0, b:0)
32.
Tandanus tandanusTandanus tandanus
(i:12, k:15, b:0)
33.Tandanus tropicanus(i:0, k:0, b:0)