Plotosus

As recorded: Plotosus Lacepède, 1803

Animalia › Chordata › Siluriformes › Plotosidae

Collected by: J.E. Randall
Date: September 9, 1987
Locality: Western Australia; Entrance Point (10 km N of Broome); tidepool at low tide
Island: Western Australia
Depth: 0 m
Record type: Preserved specimen

17 Bishop specimens of Plotosus · collected 1973–1987Species page ›

Collected the same day

On September 9, 1987, J.E. Randall also collected 19 other specimens.

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Acanthurus grammoptilus

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Alepes

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Amphiprion

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Apogon

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Caesio cuning

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Chaetodon aureofasciatus

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Chelmon marginalis

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Choerodon

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Cromileptes altivelis

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Lutjanus bitaeniatus

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Neopomacentrus cyanomos

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Ostorhinchus endekataenia

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Ostracion rhinorhynchos

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Pomacentrus

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Pseudochromis wilsoni

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Sargocentron rubrum

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Scarus ghobban

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Scolopsis

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Plotosus observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1987. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2,734 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-27.