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Plotosus lineatus

(Thunberg, 1787)


Burhan MuntasserPhoto Striped eel catfish, Plotosus lineatus OLY E-M5 in Nauticam Housing, OLY M.60mm macro lens, 1/320s, f/10, ISO: 200, 2 X S&S YS-D1 (with dual-electronic sync cord) www.facebook.com/BurhanMuntasserPhoto

Marc Levenson Very cool how you got them all piled up like that. :)

Burhan MuntasserPhoto They are always together like this, I didn't have to do anything except wait for the "right" pose. They always swim together.

Message posted on Scubashooters.net on 27 Sep 2013
Burhan MuntasserPhoto Striped eel catfish, Plotosus lineatus OLY E-M5 in Nauticam Housing, OLY M.60mm macro lens, 1/320s, f/10, ISO: 200, 2 X S&S YS-D1 (with dual-electronic sync cord) www.facebook.com/BurhanMuntasserPhoto

Ron Silver :-D

Rennie Baran nice

Message posted on UWphotographers on 27 Sep 2013
Burhan MuntasserPhoto Striped eel catfish, Plotosus lineatus OLY E-M5 in Nauticam Housing, OLY M.60mm macro lens, 1/320s, f/10, ISO: 200, 2 X S&S YS-D1 (with dual-electronic sync cord) www.facebook.com/BurhanMuntasserPhoto

Laurent Blanchet wow.... :)

Message posted on Wetpixel Underwater Photography on 27 Sep 2013
Roberto Nistri Marine fishcat Plotosus lineatus, Segret Bay, Bali, Indonesia

Sandrine OG File d'attente chez le barbier ...

Hazel Lai How did you get them to all face the lens? I never have such luck with a school of fish. They always swim away .... :(

Steve Rosenberg Great perspective! I like your image a lot. Its normally difficult to get them grouped together for a frontal shot.

Message posted on Wetpixel Underwater Photography on 23 Sep 2013
Adolfo Maciocco Striped eel catfish (Plotosus lineatus) Sea&sea Dx-2g with ys-110 strobes Naama Bay (Red Sea, Egypt)

Ken Thongpila Adolfo, Don't forget the camera setting in every post :-)

Adolfo Maciocco F 6.0 - 1/80 , Iso 80

Michael Lawrence Nice image Adolfo -

Adolfo Maciocco Thank you Michael :)

Message posted on Underwater Macro Photographers on 18 Jan 2012
Raoul Caprez Plotosus lineatus, Philippines Nikon D7000, Nauticam housing, 2 strobes Subtronic pro160, 85mm, F11, 1/125, ISO 100

Message posted on UWphotographers on 28 Nov 2012
John Paul Connor Poisson-chat Plotosus lineatus N'Gouja Mayotte 26/09/2013 Sony DSC-TX30

Ron Silver :-D

Stuart Pearce Very nice shot :)

John Paul Connor Thank you Stuart and Ron

Odie Paras Wow school of fish....

John Paul Connor Thank you Odie

Ernst Andres WOOOW !!! Well done my friend :-)

John Paul Connor Many thanks my friend

Ernst Andres YESSSS :-)

Message posted on The Global Diving Community on 04 Nov 2013
Burhan MuntasserPhoto Striped eel catfish, Plotosus lineatus OLY E-M5 in Nauticam Housing, OLY M.60mm macro lens, 1/320s, f/10, ISO: 200, 2 X S&S YS-D1 (with dual-electronic sync cord) www.facebook.com/BurhanMuntasserPhoto

Stuart Pearce Very good shot :)

Burhan MuntasserPhoto Shot so many, one was opt to come out half decent :)

John Paul Connor Nice

Victoria Parr I always love seeing these...

Dani Barchana Very nice !

Ernst Andres I LIKE IT <3

Message posted on The Global Diving Community on 27 Sep 2013
Mark Springs School of Cat Fish Taken at Ship Rock Sydney

Ron Silver Plotosus lineatus

Message posted on Scubashooters.net on 23 Sep 2013
Alan Lo 'Lovers' @lembeh strait, north sulawesi, indonesia

Ron Silver Striped Catfish, Plotosus lineatus

Message posted on Scubashooters.net on 29 Aug 2013
Ignacio Gasalla Rodriguez they are all looking at you

Ron Silver Striped Catfish, Plotosus lineatus

Message posted on UWphotographers on 25 Oct 2013
Rachmat Antoyo Canon G12, Nusa Dua , Bali

Ron Silver Striped Catfish, Plotosus lineatus. Once you've seen a dense school 'rolling' its way over the landscape, you will never forget it.

Rachmat Antoyo Thanks Ron Silver

Henry Knowles thats one hell of a shot,i love the color .first impression was a type of fan or anemonie

Ilse Merz great shot!

Rachmat Antoyo Thanks IIse Merz

Giorgio Cavallaro (Y) (Y)

Andrea Hess (Y)(Y)

Message posted on UWphotographers on 16 Jul 2013
Iyad Suleyman Striped eel catfish

Marco Paravella wow

Giorgetta Massimo Max welcome Iyad in the group, I like it!

Ron Silver Plotosus lineatus

Message posted on UW photo - Fotosub on 14 Nov 2013
Debbie Tan CROWD "The only certainty about following the crowd is that you will all get there together." -Mychal Wynn

Ron Silver STRIPED EEL CATFISH, Plotosus lineatus

Debbie Tan Thank you Ron =)

Imran Ahmad Nice shot and timing

Debbie Tan Thanks Imran Ahmad

Message posted on Wetpixel Underwater Photography on 26 Jul 2013
Isabella Maffei (C)2011,Isabella Maffei,tutti i diritti sono riservati

Florian Feldgrill he supadelux

Isabella Maffei ThanksFlorian :-)

Daniel Ackermann Great Shot !!!!

Isabella Maffei many thanks Daniel Ackermann :-)

Jack de Vries nice shot mm :-)

Isabella Maffei Thanks Jack :-)

Willie Fotodive Very, very nice !

Isabella Maffei many thanks Willie Fotodive glad that you like

Bert Stankowski Plotosus lineatus (poisson!)

Message posted on UWphotographers on 14 Dec 2012
Stephen Williams Great Barrier Reef Hastings Reef

Ron Silver Striped Catfish, Plotosus lineatus

Galina Maslova Harmonic

Message posted on The Global Diving Community on 26 Aug 2013
Stefan Follows Follow me, I'm right behind you.... Striped Catfish - Plotosus lineatus Chaloklum, Thailand EM5-NAEM5-iso 200-1/250-f10 Oly 12-50mm @ 39mm Inon D2000

Message posted on Scubashooters.net on 20 Oct 2013
Stefan Follows Follow me, I'm right behind you.... Striped Catfish - Plotosus lineatus Chaloklum Pier, Koh Pha Ngan, Thailand EM5-250-f10-iso200 Oly 12-50mm @ 39mm Inon D2000

Message posted on Scubashooters.net on 21 Aug 2013
Stefan Follows Follow me, I'm right behind you.... Striped Catfish - Plotosus lineatus Chaloklum, Thailand EM5-NAEM5-iso 200-1/250-f10 Oly 12-50mm @ 39mm Inon D2000

Detmon Kanaung thailan solder....

Message posted on UWphotographers on 20 Oct 2013
Stefan Follows Follow me, I'm right behind you.... Striped Catfish - Plotosus lineatus Chaloklum Pier, Koh Pha Ngan, Thailand EM5-250-f10-iso200 Oly 12-50mm @ 39mm Inon D2000

Ron Silver It is mesmerizing to watch these thundering herds 'roll' over the landscape!

Ellen Cuylaerts Love those catfish!

Sallygubang Hetosis Him yummy

Message posted on UWphotographers on 21 Aug 2013
Stefan Follows Follow me, I'm right behind you.... Striped Catfish - Plotosus lineatus Chaloklum, Thailand EM5-NAEM5-iso 200-1/250-f10 Oly 12-50mm @ 39mm Inon D2000

Stuart Pearce Beauty, a catfish wall :)

Ian Diver Fantastic

Message posted on The Global Diving Community on 20 Oct 2013
Moataz Adel

Zeynep Eroğlu Fascinating and interesting onee :))))

Ron Silver Striped Catfish, Plotosus lineatus

Message posted on The Global Diving Community on 25 Oct 2013
Diana Schmitt A Herd of Kitties Puerto Galara PH - Sabang Bay Nikon D300 - Nikkor 60mm

Ron Silver Striped Catfish, Plotosus lineatus

Stephen Williams lmao Diana i will remember this the next time when i see them maybe take a can of Cat food down with me ? and nice shot :-)

Ron Silver Just mind the venomous spines! LOL

Stephen Williams I never touch creatures while underwater Ron so no stroking of these Cats :-)

Stuart Pearce Great shot :)

Malida Alcazar nice one

Fabrizio Frixa Nice!

Ernst Andres <3 I <3 like <3 it

Diana Schmitt Thanks everyone for the kind words! I don't touch anything except my camera when under water :) I didn't know they were venomous... ;)

Donna Schwarz-Nielsen Cute!

Message posted on The Global Diving Community on 12 Sep 2013
Taxonomy
Animalia (Kingdom)
  Chordata (Phylum)
    Vertebrata (Subphylum)
      Gnathostomata (Superclass)
        Pisces (Superclass)
          Actinopterygii (Class)
            Siluriformes (Order)
              Plotosidae (Family)
                Plotosus (Genus)
                  Plotosus lineatus (Species)
Associated Species