4706 Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787) Plotosidae Eeltail catfishes Siluriformes Teleostei Striped eel catfish Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to Samoa, north to southern Japan, southern Korea, and the Ogasawara Islands, south to Australia and Lord Howe Island. Palau and Yap in Micronesia (Ref. 1602). Sometimes enters freshwaters of East Africa (Lake Malawi) and Madagascar (Ref. 3879). First record in the Mediterranean (Ref. 123740), AMNH 16886 Plotosus lineatus AMNH 19930 Plotosus anguillaris AMNH 26748 Plotosus lineatus AMNH 27730 Plotosus lineatus AMNH 35800 Plotosus lineatus AMNH 35801 Plotosus lineatus AMNH 9286 Plotosus lineatus 13 N 121 E Plotosus lineatus 13 N 121 E Plotosus lineatus 13 N 120 E Plotosus lineatus 13 N 120 E Plotosus lineatus 13 N 120 E Plotosus lineatus 13 N 120 E Plotosus lineatus ZMH 11913 15 N 40 E Plotosus lineatus FB 2737152 Plotosus brevibarbus 29 m IORAS 02261 Plotosus lineatus ISH 71-1962 Plotosus anguillaris P 91097.145191097.1457 Plotosus lineatus P 91094.0049 Plotosus lineatus P 91094.0048 Plotosus lineatus UBC 640308 1 N 103 E Plotosus anguillaris ZMH 11885 Plotosus anguillaris ZMH 11886 Plotosus anguillaris ZMH 11913 Plotosus lineatus ZMH 5341 Plotosus anguillaris ZMH 11890 1889 Plotosus anguillaris ZMH 22565 1889 Plotosus lineatus ZMH 11883 1894 Plotosus anguillaris ZMH 11889 1894 Plotosus anguillaris ZMH 11884 1895 Plotosus anguillaris ZMH 11887 1900 Plotosus anguillaris ZMH 11888 1900 Plotosus anguillaris AMNH 96959 1901 Plotosus lineatus ZMH 11893 1904 Plotosus anguillaris ZMH 11891 1905 Plotosus anguillaris ZMH 11892 1906 Plotosus anguillaris ZMH 11894 1908 Plotosus anguillaris AMNH 509 1909 Plotosus anguillaris AMNH 908 1909 Plotosus lineatus AMNH 913 1909 Plotosus lineatus ZMH 11895 1909 Plotosus anguillaris ZMH 11896 1910 Plotosus anguillaris ZMH 11898 1910 Plotosus anguillaris ZMH 11897 1911 Plotosus anguillaris ZMH 11899 1911 Plotosus anguillaris ZMH 11900 1911 Plotosus anguillaris ZMH 11901 1912 Plotosus anguillaris ZMH 11904 15 N 40 E 1913 Plotosus anguillaris ZMH 11903 15 N 40 E 1913 Plotosus anguillaris ZMH 11902 15 N 40 E 1913 Plotosus anguillaris ZMH 11902 1913 Plotosus anguillaris ZMH 11903 1913 Plotosus anguillaris ZMH 11904 1913 Plotosus anguillaris AMNH 26937 1922 Plotosus lineatus ZMH 11905 1928 Plotosus lineatus ZMH 11906 15 N 40 E 1933 Plotosus anguillaris ZMH 11906 1933 Plotosus anguillaris AMNH 17992 1936 Plotosus lineatus AMNH 13884 1937 Plotosus lineatus ZMH 11907 1938 Plotosus anguillaris NMI 882 1948 Plotosus anguillaris NMI 884 1948 Plotosus anguillaris NMI 1346 1951 Plotosus anguillaris NMI 2371 1952 Plotosus anguillaris NMI 2784 1953 Plotosus anguillaris NMI 3130 1954 Plotosus anguillaris ZMH 2669 1956 Plotosus lineatus NMI 4276 1959 Plotosus anguillaris NMI 4398 1959 Plotosus anguillaris NMI 4677 1961 Plotosus anguillaris NMI 4967 1965 Plotosus anguillaris AMNH 35807 1967 Plotosus lineatus AMNH 35808 1967 Plotosus lineatus SUML-FI PLO 0009 1967 Plotosus anguillaris AMNH 33975 1969 Plotosus lineatus NMI 5284 1971 Plotosus anguillaris NMI 12166 1972 Plotosus anguillaris AMNH 35803 1974 Plotosus lineatus AMNH 35804 1974 Plotosus lineatus AMNH 35805 1974 Plotosus lineatus AMNH 35806 1974 Plotosus lineatus AMNH 59363 1974 Plotosus lineatus FW OO741-T 1976 Plotosus lineatus AMNH 78544 1977 Plotosus lineatus AMNH 50938 1978 Plotosus lineatus AMNH 50945 1978 Plotosus lineatus AMNH 50953 1978 Plotosus lineatus AMNH 50954 1978 Plotosus lineatus AMNH 50955 1978 Plotosus lineatus AMNH 55355 1978 Plotosus lineatus AMNH 37955 1979 Plotosus lineatus AMNH 49749 1979 Plotosus lineatus AMNH 49750 1979 Plotosus lineatus AMNH 49751 1979 Plotosus lineatus AMNH 49752 1979 Plotosus lineatus AMNH 49753 1979 Plotosus lineatus AMNH 50940 1979 Plotosus lineatus AMNH 50941 1979 Plotosus lineatus AMNH 50942 1979 Plotosus lineatus AMNH 50943 1979 Plotosus lineatus AMNH 50944 1979 Plotosus lineatus AMNH 50965 1979 Plotosus lineatus AMNH 43115 1980 Plotosus lineatus FW OO275-T 1980 Plotosus lineatus FW OO276-T 1980 Plotosus lineatus NMI 5751 1981 Plotosus anguillaris NMI 5845 1981 Plotosus anguillaris ZMH 6317 1981 Plotosus anguillaris ZMH 6318 1981 Plotosus anguillaris ZMH 6319 1981 Plotosus anguillaris ZMH 6320 1981 Plotosus anguillaris IIPB 394/1986 19 S 35 E 1982 Plotosus lineatus 11 - 15 m NMI 5885 1982 Plotosus anguillaris NMI 06502 1983 Plotosus anguillaris FW O1494-T 1985 Plotosus lineatus GCRL 31139 1987 Plotosus lineatus 13 - 14 m AMNH 58630 1988 Plotosus lineatus AMNH 58631 1988 Plotosus lineatus NMI 7253 1989 Plotosus lineatus ZMH 7621 1989 Plotosus lineatus IIPB 300/1998 3 N 47 E 1991 Plotosus lineatus 39 - 40 m IIPB 359/1998 4 N 48 E 1991 Plotosus lineatus 34 - 42 m SUML-FI PLO 0004 1992 Plotosus lineatus SUML-FI PLO 0010 1992 Plotosus lineatus SUML-FI PLO 0003 1993 Plotosus lineatus FISH 387321 5 S 150 E 1994 Plotosus lineatus FISH 387680 19 N 85 E 1995 Plotosus lineatus NMI 13957 1995 Plotosus anguillaris SUML-FI PLO 0002 1995 Plotosus lineatus SUML-FI PLO 0006 1995 Plotosus lineatus FW O2355-T 1996 Plotosus lineatus SUML-FI PLO 0008 1996 Plotosus lineatus SPCP 0520 2001 Plotosus lineatus 16 n 42 e 2012 Plotosus lineatus 24 - 26 m