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Plotosus limbatus Valenciennes, 1840

Darkfin eel catfish
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Seychelles country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Aldabra (Ref. 3478).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/se.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Gomon, J.R., 1984
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Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Plotosidae (Eeltail catfishes)
Etymology: Plotosus: Greek, plotos = swimming (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Valenciennes.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; amphidromous (Ref. 51243).   Tropical

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