| Plotosus | |
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| Striped eel catfish, Plotosus lineatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Plotosidae |
| Genus: | Plotosus Lacépède, 1803 |
| Type species | |
| Platystacus anguillaris Bloch, 1794
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| Synonyms | |
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Deportator Gistel, 1848 | |
Plotosus is a genus of eeltail catfishes native to the Indian Ocean, the western Pacific Ocean and New Guinea.