Plotosus
Plotosus is a genus of eeltail catfishes native to the Indian Ocean, the western Pacific Ocean and New Guinea.
Species
ゴンズイ属
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyPlotosidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
via GBIF
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Plotosus is a genus of eeltail catfishes native to the Indian Ocean, the western Pacific Ocean and New Guinea.
==Species== There are currently nine recognized species in this genus: Plotosus abbreviatus Boulenger, 1895 Plotosus canius Hamilton, 1822 (Gray eel-catfish) Plotosus fisadoha Ng & Sparks, 2002 Plotosus japonicus Yoshino & Kishimoto, 2008 (Japanese Striped eel-catfish)(ゴンズイ) Plotosus limbatus Valenciennes, 1840 (Darkfin eel-catfish) Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787) (Striped eel-catfish) Plotosus nhatrangensis Prokofiev, 2008 Plotosus nkunga Gomon & W. R. Taylor, 1982 (Stinging eel-catfish) Plotosus papuensis Weber, 1910 (Papuan eel-catfish)