WoRMS taxon details
Plotosidae Bleeker, 1858
Genus Cnidoglanis Günther, 1864
Genus Euristhmus Ogilby, 1899
Genus Paraplotosus Bleeker, 1862
Genus Plotosus Lacepède, 1803
Genus Choeroplotosus Kner, 1866 accepted as Cnidoglanis Günther, 1864
Genus Copidoglanis Günther, 1864 accepted as Tandanus Mitchell, 1838
Genus Eurithmus accepted as Euristhmus Ogilby, 1899 (misspelling)
Genus Lambertichthys Whitley, 1938 accepted as Neosilurus Steindachner, 1867
Genus Neoplotosus Castelnau, 1875 accepted as Cnidoglanis Günther, 1864
Genus Ostophycephalus Ogilby, 1899 accepted as Cnidoglanis Günther, 1864
Genus Plotoseus accepted as Plotosus Lacepède, 1803 (misspelling)
Genus Plotossus accepted as Plotosus Lacepède, 1803 (misspelling)
Genus Plutosus accepted as Plotosus Lacepède, 1803 (unaccepted > misspelling)
Genus Potosus accepted as Plotosus Lacepède, 1803 (misspelling)
Genus Euristhmus Ogilby, 1899
Genus Paraplotosus Bleeker, 1862
Genus Plotosus Lacepède, 1803
Genus Choeroplotosus Kner, 1866 accepted as Cnidoglanis Günther, 1864
Genus Copidoglanis Günther, 1864 accepted as Tandanus Mitchell, 1838
Genus Eurithmus accepted as Euristhmus Ogilby, 1899 (misspelling)
Genus Lambertichthys Whitley, 1938 accepted as Neosilurus Steindachner, 1867
Genus Neoplotosus Castelnau, 1875 accepted as Cnidoglanis Günther, 1864
Genus Ostophycephalus Ogilby, 1899 accepted as Cnidoglanis Günther, 1864
Genus Plotoseus accepted as Plotosus Lacepède, 1803 (misspelling)
Genus Plotossus accepted as Plotosus Lacepède, 1803 (misspelling)
Genus Plutosus accepted as Plotosus Lacepède, 1803 (unaccepted > misspelling)
Genus Potosus accepted as Plotosus Lacepède, 1803 (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Distribution Indian Ocean and western Pacific from Japan to Australia. Anguilliform. Caudal pointed or bluntly rounded. Barbels usually...
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]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2023). FishBase. Plotosidae Bleeker, 1858. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154425 on 2023-05-30
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taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
[request] basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
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]
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Plotosidae FIN031930 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Plotosidae FIN031931 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Plotosidae FIN031930 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Plotosidae FIN031931 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
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