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Created 4/13/2020

Family Plotosidae

INDO-PACIFIC

Plotosus lineatus



Vava'u, Tonga, 10 feet

Banda Sea, Indonesia

 

Osezaki, Japan, 20 feet

STRIPED EEL CATFISH

Locally common as tight aggregations among crevices or man-made structures in bays, lagoons, and coral reefs.  Has venomous dorsal & pectoral spines.   Attains 13 inches.  Red Sea to Japan and the Cook Islands, excluding Hawaii.