Plotosus limbatus Valenciennes, 1840

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Plotosus nigricans (Nomen nudum) : Valenciennes, 1833 : 491 (ambiguous, other synonym)Catalogue des préparations anatomiques laissées dans le cabinet d'Anatomie Naturelle du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, par G. Cuvier, faisant suite à la notice insérée dans le tome 2 des annales du Musée (Année 1803). | Valenciennes, 1840 b : 412, 417 (ambiguous, other synonym)Histoire naturelle des poissons. | Vaillant, 1903 : 117 (ambiguous, other synonym)Sur un exemplaire type du Plotosus nigricans Cuvier et Valenciennes et remarques taxinomiques sur le groupe des Plotosina. | Bertin & Estève , 1950 b : 20 (MNHN nÂ° A.9433 incorrectly listed as holotype) (ambiguous, other synonym)Catalogue des types de poissons du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 5e partie, Ostariophysaires (Siluriformes.) | Taylor & Gomon, 1986 : 160 (synonym of Plotosus limbatus) (ambiguous, other synonym)38. Plotosidae..
Plotosus limbatus : Valenciennes, 1840 b : 422Histoire naturelle des poissons. | Bleeker, 1858 b : 310Ichthyologiae Archipelagi Indici prodromus I. Siluri. | Günther, 1864 a : 25Catalogue of the fishes of the British Museum, vol. 5 : Physostomi. | Bertin & Estève , 1950 b : 20Catalogue des types de poissons du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 5e partie, Ostariophysaires (Siluriformes.) | Gomon & Taylor, 1982 : 1, 2, 6-14, fig. 1B, pl. 2Plotosus nkunga, a new species of catfish from South Africa, with a redescription of Plotosus limbatus Valenciennes and a key to the species of Plotosus (Siluriformes : Plotosidae). | Gomon, 1984 : 5-6, fig. (FAO sheets)FAO species identification sheets for fishing purposes. Western Indian Ocean, fishing area 51. | Taylor & Gomon, 1986 : 16038. Plotosidae. | Burgess, 1989 : 180An atlas of freshwater and marine catfishes. A preliminary survey of the Siluriformes. | Torres, 1992 : 52Tabular data on marine fishes from Southern Africa, Part I. Length-weight relationships. | Ng & Sparks, 2002 : 564, 567, 568Plotosus fisadoha, a new species of marine catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Plotosidae) from Madagascar. | Manilo & Bogorodsky, 2003 : S97, S128Taxonomic composition, diversity and distribution of coastal fishes of the Arabian Sea. | Ferraris, 2007 : 350Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. | Seegers, 2008 a : 539-540, fig.The catfishes of Africa: A handbook for identification and maintenance. | Yoshino & Kishimoto, 2008 : 7Plotosus japonicus, a new eeltail catfish (Siluriformes: Plotosidae) from Japan..
Copidoglanis obscurus : Günther, 1864 a : 26 (junior synonym)Catalogue of the fishes of the British Museum, vol. 5 : Physostomi. | Taylor & Gomon, 1986 : 160 (synonym of Plotosus limbatus) (junior synonym)38. Plotosidae..
Plotosus anguillaris (non Bloch, 1794) : Smith, 1955 a : 307 (misidentification)The fishes of Aldabra. | Smith & Smith, 1963 : 8 (misidentification)The fishes of Seychelles. | Taylor & Gomon, 1986 : 160 (synonym of Plotosus limbatus) (misidentification)38. Plotosidae..
Cnidoglanis nudiceps (non Günther, 1880 b) : Yanulov, 1968 : 289 (misidentification)Specific composition of catches in the Western Part of the Indian Ocean. (In Russian). | Taylor & Gomon, 1986 : 160 (synonym of Plotosus limbatus) (misidentification)38. Plotosidae..
Tandanus obscurus (Günther, 1864) : Robins et al., 1991 : 67 (junior synonym)World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada..

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DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
Colour pattern : Gomon, 1984 | Seegers, 2008 .
Current distribution known : a marine or brackish water species, ranging from the Madras and Malabar coasts of India to the east coast of Africa. Reaches as far south as Knysna, South Africa .
Distribution_references : Gomon, 1984 .
Food habits / trophic level : feeds on crustaceans, mollusks, and fishes .
Habitat / home range : a marine or brackish water species | occurs in estuaries and along open coasts. Juveniles form dense aggregations .
Habitat_references : Seegers, 2008 .
Morphology / anatomy : Gomon, 1984 .
Size : 410 mm SL, 500 mm TL .
Types :
- Copidoglanis obscurus Günther, 1864 a: 26. Type locality unknown. Holotype BMNH n° 1852.9.23: 164.
- Plotosus limbatus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840: 422. Type locality: "Côte de Malabar et Pondichéry". Lectotype MNHN n° A. 9546; paralectotypes MNHN n° A.8922 (2), A.9547 (1), 1580 (2) and B.2780 (2).