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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. |
| Common Names | Eel Tailed Catfish, Marine or Coral Catfish |
| Size | Smallest 120mm, largest 1500mm, average 467mm, most commonly 200mm. All SL. |
| Species | There are 11 "species" in 8 genera in the database |
| Keepers | 11 species (100%) are being kept by registered keepers |
| Distribution | Australia & New Guinea Login to view the map. |
| Top Five Genera (by keepers) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Tandanus | 4 species | (15 keepers) |
| 2. | Neosilurus | 10 species | (2 keepers) |
| 3. | Plotosus | 4 species | (2 keepers) |
| 4. | Porochilus | 4 species | (1 keepers) |
| 5. | Oloplotosus | 1 species | (1 keepers) |
| 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%) | |
/siluriformes/plotosidae/neosilurus/ater/1.jpg "Neosilurus ater")
/siluriformes/plotosidae/tandanus/tandanus/1.jpg "Tandanus tandanus")
/siluriformes/plotosidae/porochilus/rendahli/1.jpg "Porochilus rendahli")
/siluriformes/plotosidae/neosilurus/hyrtlii/1.jpg "Neosilurus hyrtlii")
/siluriformes/plotosidae/porochilus/obbesi/1.jpg "Porochilus obbesi")
/siluriformes/plotosidae/porochilus/meraukensis/1.jpg "Porochilus meraukensis")
/siluriformes/plotosidae/plotosus/papuensis/1.jpg "Plotosus papuensis")
/siluriformes/plotosidae/plotosus/canius/1.jpg "Plotosus canius")
/siluriformes/plotosidae/oloplotosus/mariae/1.jpg "Oloplotosus mariae")
/siluriformes/plotosidae/neosilurus/brevidorsalis/1.jpg "Neosilurus brevidorsalis")
| Most Kept Species List (Alphabetic | Chronological | Most Bred) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | (i:13, k:16, b:0) | |
| 2. | (i:12, k:15, b:0) | |
| 3. | (i:8, k:5, b:0) | |
| 4. | (i:10, k:5, b:0) | |
| 5. | (i:4, k:2, b:0) | |
| 6. | (i:6, k:1, b:0) | |
| 7. | Neosilurus mollespiculum | (i:0, k:1, b:0) |
| 8. | (i:7, k:1, b:0) | |
| 9. | (i:14, k:1, b:0) | |
| 10. | (i:11, k:1, b:0) | |
| 11. | (i:4, k:1, b:0) | |