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Striped Catfish Feeding | Plotosus japonicus

This is a school of juvenile Japanese striped eel-catfish (Plotosus japonicus) feeding on a dense cloud of planktonic organisms at night. The fish are swimming in their characteristic ball-like formation. The first dorsal fin and pectoral fins have venomous spines. Photographed in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.

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This is a school of juvenile Japanese striped eel-catfish (Plotosus japonicus) feeding on a dense cloud of planktonic organisms at night. The fish are swimming in their characteristic ball-like formation. The first dorsal fin and pectoral fins have venomous spines. Photographed in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.