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Plotosidae (Eeltail catfishes)
Etymology: Plotosus: Greek, plotos = swimming (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; benthopelagic. Tropical
Distribution
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Western Pacific: Vietnam.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 24.3 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 83561)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal
spines
(total): 2;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 5;
Vertebrae: 58. This species is distinct with the following characters: nasal barbels not reaching beyond the eye; outer row on first arch with 28 rakers (22 on the lower part of this arch); A + C = 170 rays; vertebrae 58; flattened snout and the head outline gradually raising from eyes to the occiput, without longitudinal light bands on the body (Ref. 83561).
Caught by shrimp trawl at depths up to 100 m over soft grounds (Ref. 83561).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Prokofiev, A.M., 2008. A new species of eel catfishes of the genus Plotosus [from] Nha Trang Bay (South China Sea, central Vietnam) (Siluriformes: Plotosidae). J. Ichthyol. 48(8):671-675. (Ref. 83561)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5020 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00457 (0.00199 - 0.01049), b=3.07 (2.86 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (14 of 100).