Paraplotosus albilabris
(Valenciennes, 1840)
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- Whitelipped eel catfish.
Maximum length about 130 cm, usually 40 cm or less. Nearshore; reefs and open coastal areas.
Adults solitary or in small groups, usually beneath ledges or in recesses in reef. Spines associated
with anterior fins have potent venom. Indo-Australian Archipelago northward at least to Sulu Archi
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pelago, western New Guinea, Australia from southern part of Western Australia to southern part of
Great Barrier Reef.