Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of Madang District, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 820 new records Author Fricke, Ronald Author Allen, Gerald R. Author Andréfouët, Serge Author Chen, Wei-Jen Author Hamel, Mélanie A. Author Laboute, Pierre Author Mana, Ralph Author Hui, Tan Heok Author Uyeno, Daisuke text Zootaxa 2014 3832 1 1 247 journal article 45252 10.11646/zootaxa.3832.1.1 8646401a-8028-4795-a6d6-1f9d75607e41 1175-5326 250559 BAB612A4-03DB-4958-BEB1-92DE278FBB90 Plotosidae Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787) —Striped catfish, striped eel catfish STATUS AT MADANG. New record from Madang, based on specimens photographed at St. CTR 0 6, and by Tan H. H. at St. PR 10 on 8 Nov. 2012 . AMS, BPBM and USNM material (AMS I.17089-002; BPBM 13633; USNM 219474, 219486, 219477). DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Red Sea, East Africa and Algoa Bay ( South Africa ) east to Samoa and Tonga , north to southern Korea , southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands, south to Western Australia at 32°S and Lord Howe Island . Found in coral reefs; also in estuaries, tidal pools and on open coasts, 1– 60 m . Transitional water and marine.