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Plotosus lineatus (Striped Catfish)
Scientific name: Plotosus lineatus

Taxonomy: Kingdom Animalia → Phylum Chordata → Subphylum Vertebrata → Infraphylum Gnathostomata → Parvphylum Osteichthyes → Gigaclass Actinopterygii → Class Actinopteri → Subclass Teleostei → Order Siluriformes → Family Plotosidae → Genus Plotosus

Common name: Striped Catfish
Locations: Indo-Pacific
Group: Marine LifeFishCatfishes

Look carefully at juveniles. If they don't have whiskers, they may be juvenile Pholidichthys leucotaenia.

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Plotosus lineatus (Striped Catfish)
Plotosus lineatus (Striped Catfish)
Plotosus lineatus (Striped Catfish)
Plotosus lineatus (Striped Catfish)
Plotosus lineatus (Striped Catfish)
Plotosus lineatus (Striped Catfish)
Plotosus lineatus (Striped Catfish)
Plotosus lineatus (Striped Catfish)
Plotosus lineatus (Striped Catfish)
Plotosus lineatus (Striped Catfish)
Plotosus lineatus (Striped Catfish)
Plotosus lineatus (Striped Catfish)
Plotosus lineatus (Striped Catfish)
Plotosus lineatus (Striped Catfish)
Plotosus lineatus (Striped Catfish)
Plotosus lineatus (Striped Catfish)
Plotosus lineatus (Striped Catfish)
Plotosus lineatus (Striped Catfish)
Plotosus lineatus (Striped Catfish)
Plotosus lineatus (Striped Catfish)
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