> [!summary]- Classification
**Kingdom**:: Animals
**Phylum**:: Chordata
**Subphylum**:: Vertebrata
**Superclass**:: Osteichthyes
**Class**:: Actinopterygii
**Subclass**:: Neopterygii
**Superorder**:: Ostariophysi
**Order**:: Siluriformes
**Suborder**::
**Superfamily**::
**Family**:: Plotosidae
**Subfamily**::
**Genus**:: Plotosus
**Species**:: P. lineatus
**Vernacular**:: Striped eel catfish
## Photos
[102 - 2022-11-29 - Softa - Sharm Al Sheikh - Egypt](102%20-%202022-11-29%20-%20Softa%20-%20Sharm%20Al%20Sheikh%20-%20Egypt.md)
## Notes
I didn't know that some catfish could be marine and that little. It was very intriguing to see, as they fast in group of ~50 individuals, close to the substrate, smelling it using their four barbels, hunting for [Crustacea](Crustacea.md), [Gastropoda](Gastropoda.md), [Bivalvia](Bivalvia.md) or little fishes. Juvelines are detritivores.
Mostly find on reefs and detrital sandy bottoms.
## References
- https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Plotosus-lineatus-Poisson-chat-raye-654 (fr)