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Ecological Illustration of Papuan eel-catfish (Plotosus papuensis)
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Plotosidae

Papuan eel-catfish

Plotosus papuensis

Fifty Five Centimeters Catfish from Asian Waters

  • Tropical
  • Transcontinental
  • Freshwater fish
  • Oceania
  • Elongated
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

Papuan eel-catfish is known from Asia and Oceania as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Catfishes
Family
Plotosidae
Genus
Plotosus
Water type
Freshwater
Body shape
elongated
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