Striped Eel Catfish
Plotosus lineatus
Plotosidaefish32cm / 12.5inLeast Concern
About Striped Eel Catfish.
Venomous-spined catfish that juveniles form tight writhing schools ("catfish balls") which disperse as adults that forage reef rubble at night.
Where it lives.
Sandy reef rubble, muck, shallow inshore
How it behaves.
Juveniles in dense tight schools; adults nocturnal foragers