Scientific Name	Plotosus lineatus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Thunberg, 1787)	Depth	0 - 60M
Chinese	線紋鰻鯰	Poisonous Fish	Yes
Family_Chinese	鰻鯰科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F151　Plotosidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	線紋鰻鯰
Max Length	20 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	鰻鯰、沙毛、海土虱、斜門(臺東)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、North、North East、ShaoLiuChew、Greeb IS.、Tung Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Estuary、Fresh Water、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Red Sea, Sechelles, Malabar, Mauritius [Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean], Trincomalee, Pondicherry, Ambon, Sulawesi, Society Islands, and Philippines
Synonyms	Arius thalassinus, Platystacus anguillaris, Plotoseus ikapor, Plotosus anguillaris, Plotosus arab, Plotosus brevibarbus, Plotosus castaneoides, Plotosus castaneus, Plotosus flavolineatus, Plotosus ikapor, Plotosus limbatus, Plotosus lineatus, Plotosus marginatus ...all 17..
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.3(FAO,1999)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0054483. ASIZP0056583. ASIZP0056908. ASIZP0056909. ASIZP0058218. ASIZP0059421. ASIZP0059446. ASIZP0059670. ASIZP0059682. ASIZP0064810. ASIZP0700042. ASIZP0800319. ASIZP0800337. ASIZP0916836. BPBMI23343. FRIP00870. FRIP03119. FRIP21334. MTP0162. NMMBP00589. NMMSTP00394. NTMP0765. NTMP1089. NTUM00029Paratype. NTUM00263. NTUM01790. NTUM05367. NTUM05368. NTUM05369. NTUM05370. NTUM05371. NTUM06741. NTUM06818. RUSI35637. USNM00192530. USNM00219481. USNM00219487. ...List all 37 records...
Barcode	2015-10-23,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,%
Common Name	Striped cat-fish eel; Striped catfish; Striped eel catfish; Striped sea catfish; Striped catfish-eel; Stripped catfish; Striped eel-catfish; Catfish-eel; Coral catfish; Eel catfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
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