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Sailfin catfish (Paraplotosus butleri)
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Ecological Illustration of Sailfin catfish (Paraplotosus butleri)
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Plotosidae

Sailfin catfish

Paraplotosus butleri

Thirty Two Point Five Centimeters Catfish of Australian Waters

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Oceania
  • Elongated
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Sailfin catfish is known from Indo-West Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in reef habitat.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Catfishes
Family
Plotosidae
Genus
Paraplotosus
Water type
Marine
Body shape
elongated
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