Paraplotosus butleri

Paraplotosus butleri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Plotosidae
Genus: Paraplotosus
Species:
P. butleri
Binomial name
Paraplotosus butleri
Allen, 1998

Paraplotosus butleri, commonly known as the sailfin catfish, is a species of catfish in the family Plotosidae.[1][2] This fish is found in coastal reefs off northern Australia in the western Indo-Pacific Ocean.[1] It grows up to about 32.5 centimetres (12.8 in) SL.[3]

The sailfin catfish is found in shallow coastal waters to 5 metres depth. Mature adults are completely black.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 349. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1.
  2. ^ "Sailfin Catfish". Fish.gov.au. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Paraplotosus butleri". FishBase. June 2022 version.
  4. ^ Allen, George R. (1998). "A review of the marine catfish genus Paraplotosus (Plotosidae) with the description of a new species from north-western Australia" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 46 (1): 123–134.


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