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  5. Eeltail catfishes (Plotosidae)

Eeltail catfishes (Plotosidae)

The Eeltail catfishes (Plotosidae) family has 32 species in the Guppies.za.net fish encyclopedia, 3 of which are kept in home aquariums.

Species in this family

  • Narrowfront tandan (Neosilurus ater)Narrowfront tandanNeosilurus ater
  • Striped eel catfish (Plotosus lineatus)Striped eel catfishPlotosus lineatus
  • Tandan catfish (Tandanus tandanus)Tandan catfishTandanus tandanus
  • Cobbler (Cnidoglanis macrocephalus)CobblerCnidoglanis macrocephalus
  • Cooper creek catfishNeosiluroides cooperensis
  • Dalhousie catfishNeosilurus gloveri
  • Darkfin eel catfish (Plotosus limbatus)Darkfin eel catfishPlotosus limbatus
  • False-spined catfishNeosilurus pseudospinosus
  • Freshwater cobblerTandanus bostocki
  • Glencoe tandan (Neosilurus hyrtlii)Glencoe tandanNeosilurus hyrtlii
  • Gray eel-catfish (Plotosus canius)Gray eel-catfishPlotosus canius
  • Idenburg tandanNeosilurus idenburgi
  • Kimberley catfishParaplotosus muelleri
  • Kutubu tandanOloplotosus torobo
  • Long-tailed catfish (Euristhmus lepturus)Long-tailed catfishEuristhmus lepturus
  • Maria's tandanOloplotosus mariae
  • Merauke tandanPorochilus meraukensis
  • Naked-headed catfish (Euristhmus nudiceps)Naked-headed catfishEuristhmus nudiceps
  • New Guinea tandanNeosilurus novaeguineae
  • Northern tandanNeosilurus gjellerupi
  • Obbes' catfishPorochilus obbesi
  • Pale yellow tandanOloplotosus luteus
  • Papuan eel-catfish (Plotosus papuensis)Papuan eel-catfishPlotosus papuensis
  • Rendahl's catfishPorochilus rendahli
  • Shortfin tandan (Neosilurus brevidorsalis)Shortfin tandanNeosilurus brevidorsalis
  • Silver tandan (Porochilus argenteus)Silver tandanPorochilus argenteus
  • Smallhead catfish (Euristhmus microceps)Smallhead catfishEuristhmus microceps
  • Soft-spined catfishNeosilurus mollespiculum
  • Southern tandanNeosilurus equinus
  • Stinging eel catfish (Plotosus nkunga)Stinging eel catfishPlotosus nkunga
  • Toothless catfishAnodontiglanis dahli
  • Whitelipped eel catfish (Paraplotosus albilabris)Whitelipped eel catfishParaplotosus albilabris
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