Biology:Paraplotosus butleri
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Plotosidae |
| Genus: | Paraplotosus |
| Species: | P. butleri
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| Paraplotosus butleri Allen, 1998
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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 and the Western Pacific (New Guinea, Island Southeast Asia, Taiwan, and the Ryukyu Islands).[3][1] It grows up to about 32.5 centimetres (12.8 in) SL.[4]
The sailfin catfish is found in shallow coastal waters to 5 metres depth. Mature adults are completely black.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types". Zootaxa 1418: 349. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1. http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/library/biblios/2007_Ferraris_Catfish_Checklist.pdf. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
- ↑ "Sailfin Catfish". Fish.gov.au. https://www.fishnames.com.au/.
- ↑ "Paraplotosus butleri Allen, 1998". https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Paraplotosus-butleri.html.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Paraplotosus butleri" in FishBase. June 2022 version.
- ↑ Allen, George R. (1998). "A review of the marine catfish genus Paraplotosus (Plotosidae) with the description of a new species from north-western Australia". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 46 (1): 123–134. https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/app/uploads/2017/04/46rbz123-134.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q2282957 entry
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