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STRIPED CATFISH FACTS |
Description
Brown to black body with white stripes. Four pairs of barbels around the mouth. Eel-like body shape that tapers to a point posteriorly. Small juveniles are black. Large adults may be less distinctly striped. Body size up to 35 cm.
It eats mainly benthic (sea floor-dwelling) invertebrates such as crustaceans, molluscs, worms and algae, with larger individuals sometimes eating small fishes. Juveniles often form large, ball-like schools of hundreds of individuals that appear to move as one. Adults are usually solitary or form small groups.
Author credit: Mark McGrouther / Australian Museum
Habitat
Coral and rocky reefs, bays and estuaries in tropical and sub-tropical waters.
Food
Carnivore
Range
Eastern and Western Australia.
Species Description is from Museums Field Guide, Atlas of Living Australia at website at https://lists.ala.org.au Licensed under Creative Commons Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Actinopterygii | | Order: | Siluriformes | | Family: | Plotosidae | | Genus: | Plotosus | | Species: | lineatus | | Common Name: | Striped Catfish |
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