striped catfish

noun

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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Meanings

nounstriped catfish (plural striped catfish or striped catfishes)

plural striped catfishes

  1. 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.

Translations

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