WoRMS taxon details
Plotosidae
AphiaID: 154425
AphiaID: 154425
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Siluriformes (Order) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Added by Database Management Team | |||||||
| Rank | Family | |||||||
| Parent | Siluriformes | |||||||
| Source |
basis of record: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] | |||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Genus Anodontiglanis Genus Cnidoglanis Genus Euristhmus Ogilby, 1899 Genus Neosiluroides Genus Neosilurus Steindachner, 1867 Genus Oloplotosus Genus Paraplotosus Genus Plotosus Lacepède, 1803 Genus Porochilus Genus Tandanus Mitchell, 1838 Genus Choeroplotosus accepted as Cnidoglanis Genus Copidoglanis accepted as Tandanus Mitchell, 1838 Genus Eurithmus accepted as Euristhmus Ogilby, 1899 Genus Neoplotosus accepted as Cnidoglanis Genus Ostophycephalus accepted as Cnidoglanis Genus Plotoseus accepted as Plotosus Lacepède, 1803 Genus Plotossus accepted as Plotosus Lacepède, 1803 Genus Potosus accepted as Plotosus Lacepède, 1803 | |||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||
| Note |
Distribution: Indian Ocean and western Pacific from Japan to Australia. Anguilliform. Caudal pointed or bluntly rounded. Barbels usually 4 pairs. Adipose fin absent. Caudal fin rays may be far advanced along dorsal. Lower procurrent caudal rays confluent with long anal fin. Branchiostegal rays 7-14. Some can cause painful injury. Marine species = ISSCAAP 39; freshwater species = ISSCAAP 13. [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154425 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Plotosidae. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154425 on 2013-05-24 | ||||||||
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