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 32 "species" in 25 genera in the database
Keepers 29 species (90%) are being kept by registered keepers
Down Top Five Genera (by keepers)
1.Porochilus 4 species(6 keepers)
2.Plotosus 4 species(2 keepers)
3.Tandanus 4 species(2 keepers)
4.Euristhmus 5 species(2 keepers)
5.Neosilurus 10 species(2 keepers)
Down Distribution of Plotosidae


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Down Most Kept Species
1.
Neosilurus aterNeosilurus ater
(22.37%)
2.
Tandanus tandanusTandanus tandanus
(21.05%)
3.
Porochilus rendahliPorochilus rendahli
(7.89%)
4.
Neosilurus hyrtliiNeosilurus hyrtlii
(7.89%)
5.
Porochilus obbesiPorochilus obbesi
(2.63%)
6.
Porochilus meraukensisPorochilus meraukensis
(2.63%)
7.
Oloplotosus mariaeOloplotosus mariae
(2.63%)
8.
Plotosus papuensisPlotosus papuensis
(2.63%)
9.
Neosilurus brevidorsalisNeosilurus brevidorsalis
(2.63%)
10.
Plotosus caniusPlotosus canius
(2.63%)
11.
Tandanus bellingerensisTandanus bellingerensis
(1.32%)
12.Tandanus tropicanus(1.32%)
13.
Euristhmus sandraeEuristhmus sandrae
(1.32%)
14.Euristhmus microphthalmus(1.32%)
15.
Paraplotosus butleriParaplotosus butleri
(1.32%)
16.
Neosilurus pseudospinosusNeosilurus pseudospinosus
(1.32%)
17.
Neosilurus gloveriNeosilurus gloveri
(1.32%)
18.
Neosilurus coatesiNeosilurus coatesi
(1.32%)
19.Tandanus bostocki(1.32%)
20.Neosilurus idenburgi(1.32%)
21.
Anodontiglanis dahliAnodontiglanis dahli
(1.32%)
22.Neosilurus equinus(1.32%)
23.Neosilurus novaeguineae(1.32%)
24.
Porochilus argenteusPorochilus argenteus
(1.32%)
25.
Plotosus abbreviatusPlotosus abbreviatus
(1.32%)
Down Chronological Species List
(Alphabetic | Most Kept | Most Bred)
1.
Plotosus lineatusPlotosus lineatus
(i:11, k:1, b:0)
2.
Plotosus caniusPlotosus canius
(i:14, k:2, b:0)
3.
Tandanus tandanusTandanus tandanus
(i:12, k:16, b:0)
4.
Cnidoglanis macrocephalusCnidoglanis macrocephalus
(i:3, k:0, b:0)
5.Paraplotosus albilabris(i:0, k:1, b:0)
6.
Euristhmus microcepsEuristhmus microceps
(i:1, k:1, b:0)
7.
Euristhmus lepturusEuristhmus lepturus
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
8.
Neosilurus brevidorsalisNeosilurus brevidorsalis
(i:6, k:2, b:0)
9.
Neosilurus hyrtliiNeosilurus hyrtlii
(i:8, k:6, b:0)
10.Euristhmus nudiceps(i:0, k:1, b:0)
11.
Neosilurus aterNeosilurus ater
(i:13, k:17, b:0)
12.
Plotosus abbreviatusPlotosus abbreviatus
(i:3, k:1, b:0)
13.
Porochilus argenteusPorochilus argenteus
(i:3, k:1, b:0)
14.Neosilurus novaeguineae(i:0, k:1, b:0)
15.
Plotosus papuensisPlotosus papuensis
(i:11, k:2, b:0)
16.Neosilurus equinus(i:0, k:1, b:0)
17.
Oloplotosus mariaeOloplotosus mariae
(i:7, k:2, b:0)
18.
Porochilus meraukensisPorochilus meraukensis
(i:4, k:2, b:0)
19.
Porochilus obbesiPorochilus obbesi
(i:4, k:2, b:0)
20.
Anodontiglanis dahliAnodontiglanis dahli
(i:3, k:1, b:0)
21.
Porochilus rendahliPorochilus rendahli
(i:10, k:6, b:0)
22.Neosilurus idenburgi(i:0, k:1, b:0)
23.Tandanus bostocki(i:0, k:1, b:0)
24.
Neosilurus coatesiNeosilurus coatesi
(i:1, k:1, b:0)
25.
Neosiluroides cooperensisNeosiluroides cooperensis
(i:2, k:0, b:0)
26.
Neosilurus gloveriNeosilurus gloveri
(i:1, k:1, b:0)
27.
Neosilurus pseudospinosusNeosilurus pseudospinosus
(i:2, k:1, b:0)
28.
Paraplotosus butleriParaplotosus butleri
(i:1, k:1, b:0)
29.Euristhmus microphthalmus(i:0, k:1, b:0)
30.
Euristhmus sandraeEuristhmus sandrae
(i:1, k:1, b:0)
31.Tandanus tropicanus(i:0, k:1, b:0)
32.
Tandanus bellingerensisTandanus bellingerensis
(i:1, k:1, b:0)