Gray eel-catfish

Plotosus canius

Pectoral spines secrete potent venom

Gray
Tropical
Regional distribution
Pacific Ocean
Oceania
South Asia
Southeast Asia
Elongated
Large
Tropical fish

Gray eel-catfish is a freshwater fish found around Indo-West Pacific. It inhabits estuaries and brackish water. Records give a maximum length of 111 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Catfishes
Family: Plotosidae
Genus: Plotosus
Maximum length: 111 cm
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: west and south coasts of India and off Sri Lanka eastward along the coasts of Bangladesh and Myanmar, through the Indo-Australian Archipelago and the Philippines as far as Papua New Guinea.

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