This species of catfish have small barbels around their mouths that they use to detect food. They move in groups, and schools of young striped eel catfish will assemble into huge spherical formations. These groups are controlled by pheromones. The spines on their dorsal and pectoral fins are poisonous, and their stings are extremely painful.
- Scientific Name
- Plotosus japonicus
- Classification
- Order: Siluriformes, Family: Plotosidae
- Habitat
- Central Honshu, Okinawa Prefecture
