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striped catfish

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

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Plotosus lineatus, a type of eeltail catfish with a long, cylindrical body, black with horizontal white stripes and venomous spines on its dorsal and pectoral fins, found in the Indian Ocean, the western Pacific, and invasive in the Mediterranean.

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  • Dutch: gestreepte koraalmeerval — fish of species Plotosus lineatus
  • Japanese: ゴンズイ (gonzui) — fish of species Plotosus lineatus
  • Russian: полоса́тый угрехво́ст (polosátyj ugrexvóst) — fish of species Plotosus lineatus
  • Russian: угрехво́стый сом (ugrexvóstyj som) — fish of species Plotosus lineatus
  • Russian: колю́чий морско́й сом (koljúčij morskój som) — fish of species Plotosus lineatus
  • Russian: кума́л (kumál) — fish of species Plotosus lineatus