WoRMS taxon details
Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787)
AphiaID: 217659
AphiaID: 217659
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Siluriformes (Order) > Plotosidae (Family) > Plotosus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Plotosus Lacepède, 1803 | ||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Platystacus anguillaris Bloch, 1794 Plotoseus ikapor Lesson, 1831 Plotosus anguillaris (Bloch, 1794) Plotosus arab Bleeker, 1862 Plotosus brevibarbus Bessednov, 1967 Plotosus castaneoides Bleeker, 1851 Plotosus castaneus Valenciennes, 1840 Plotosus flavolineatus Whitley, 1941 Plotosus ikapor Lesson, 1831 (misspelling) Plotosus lineatus Valenciennes, 1840 Plotosus marginatus Anonymous [Bennett], 1830 Plotosus thunbergianus Lacepède, 1803 Plotosus vittatus Swainson, 1839 Silurus arab Forsskål, 1775 Silurus lineatus Thunberg, 1787 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] | ||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, brackish, | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Comores [details] East Africa [details] Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Kenya [details] Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Red Sea [details] Reunion [details] Rodriguez [details] Seychelles (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE) To Barcode of Life (41 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (68 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To PESI To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Description: The only catfish found in coral reefs. Juveniles form dense ball-shaped schools of about 100 fish and are found over reefs and seagrass beds; adults are solitary or occur in smaller groups of around 20 and are known to hide under ledges during the day (Ref. 5503 and 1602). Searches and stirs the sand incessantly for crustaceans, molluscs, worms and sometimes fish (Ref. 5213). The highly venemous serrate spine of the first dorsal and each of the pectoral fins are dangerous, and even fatal in rare cases (Ref. 1602). [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217659 | ||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787). 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=217659 on 2013-05-25 | |||||||||||||||||
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