Field notes
Encounter profile
Identified using iNaturalist, WoRMS.
Plotosus lineatus - Eel Catfishes - A marine genus.
Species profile
Striped Eel Catfish
Plotosus lineatus
Identified using iNaturalist, WoRMS.
6
Media items
Photos and videos
6
Dives
Distinct encounters
4
Locations
2 trips
Archive ecology
Conditions where we found it
SNAP observations, not the species’ full biological range.
- Depth evidence
- 8.6–13.6m
- Median 10.6m · n=5
- Water temperature
- 25.0–28.0°C
- Median 28.0°C · n=5
Depth basis: 0 recorded, 0 profile-estimated, 5 contextual.
An early signal
5 environment-linked observations are available so far. More encounters will show whether a repeatable pattern emerges.
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Indicative archive pattern · 6 observations / 6 dives
Calendar-quarter observations
Jan–Mar1
Apr–Jun4
Jul–Sep1
Camera-clock comparison
Morning · 4Night · 1
- • These distributions describe photographs in SNAP, not a species’ complete biological range.
- • No direct or profile-estimated depths are available yet.
- • Time-of-day groups use the camera clock and are not corrected for sunrise, sunset, or timezone.
Creature trail
A life through time and place
#6 · Aug 3, 2026
Exotic House Reef
Malapascua, PH · Asia 2026
8.6m · Dive-average context28.0°C#5 · May 28, 2026
District One
Dauin · Asia 2026
10.6m · Dive-average context28.0°C
#4 · May 14, 2026
Coral Garden
Puerto Galera · Asia 2026
9.7m · Dive-average context28.0°C
#3 · May 7, 2026
Boulders
Puerto Galera · Asia 2026
13.6m · Dive-average context27.0°C
Species field guide
Notes, taxonomy, identification & seasonality
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Species field guide
Notes, taxonomy, identification & seasonality
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Life found nearby
Species photographed on the same dives come first, followed by close taxonomic neighbours.
Snowflake Moray
Echidna nebulosa
Puerto Galera
Anna's Chromodoris
Chromodoris annae
Puerto Galera
Barred-fin Moray
Gymnothorax zonipectis
Puerto Galera
Broadclub Cuttlefish
Ascarosepion latimanus
Dauin
1 shared dive
Brown Garden Eel
Heteroconger longissimus
Dauin
Bubble-tip Anemone
Entacmaea quadricolor
Puerto Galera