Ompok brevirictus • Siluridae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Ompok brevirictus** Ng & Hadiaty, 2009
Common Name(s)	None
Type Locality	Lawe Sawah, Lawe Mokap, 3°09'46.0''N, 97°25'03.0''E, Nangore Aceh Darussalam Province, Sumatra, Indonesia.
Pronunciation	Awm pok
Etymology	The etymology of Ompok is unclear. It is believed to be a corruption of the Indonesian name for mid-sized silurid catfishes, limpok.
Species Information
Size	125mm (4.9") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	The catfish genus Ompok La Cepède, 1803, consists of medium-sized silurid fishes found in inland waters throughout South and Southeast Asia. The genus is traditionally diagnosed by the presence of a short dorsal fin with 4 rays, strongly forked caudal fin, subcutaneous eye that is set immediately posterior to the mouth rictus and two patches of palatal teeth (Weber & de Beaufort, 1913). Bornbusch (1995) showed that Ompok, as currently understood, is probably paraphyletic.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Asia: Indonesia, Sumatra. Known from the short coastal rivers that drain the western face of the Leuser Mountain Range in northern Sumatra, including the Kreung Kluet (Kluet River) drainage. Pacific, Greater Sunda Island Rivers, Sumatra Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported.
Further Information
References	Zootaxa No. 2232, pp51, Figs. 1, 4a. (Paper in link is not free).
Registered Keepers	None.
Breeding Reports	None.
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Last Update	2013 Feb 20 11:00 (species record created: 2009 Oct 22 14:35)

Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Ompok brevirictus Ng & Hadiaty, 2009

Common Name(s)

None

Type Locality

Lawe Sawah, Lawe Mokap, 3°09'46.0''N, 97°25'03.0''E, Nangore Aceh Darussalam Province, Sumatra, Indonesia.

Pronunciation

Awm pok

Etymology

The etymology of Ompok is unclear. It is believed to be a corruption of the Indonesian name for mid-sized silurid catfishes, limpok.

Species Information

Size

125mm (4.9") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Identification

The catfish genus Ompok La Cepède, 1803, consists of medium-sized silurid fishes found in inland waters throughout South and Southeast Asia. The genus is traditionally diagnosed by the presence of a short dorsal fin with 4 rays, strongly forked caudal fin, subcutaneous eye that is set immediately posterior to the mouth rictus and two patches of palatal teeth (Weber & de Beaufort, 1913). Bornbusch (1995) showed that Ompok, as currently understood, is probably paraphyletic.

Habitat Information

Distribution

Asia: Indonesia, Sumatra. Known from the short coastal rivers that drain the western face of the Leuser Mountain Range in northern Sumatra, including the Kreung Kluet (Kluet River) drainage.
Pacific, Greater Sunda Island Rivers, Sumatra Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there)