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Scientific Name Ompok pabo  (Hamilton, 1822)
Common Name
Type Locality Brahmaputra River at Gualpara [Goalpara], Assam, India.
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. 
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Size 240mm or 9.4" 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.

Silvery-grey with a faint shoulder spot. Body cloudy all over with black dots.
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Distribution Asia: Pakistan, northeast India, Bangladesh and Myanmar.
Indian waters, North Eastern India Waters, Padma, Jamuna, Brahmaputra (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category Near Threatened, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2009.
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Breeding Unreported in the aquarium.
Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges, pp 153, 375, Pl. 22 (fig. 48).
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Last Update 2020 Dec 13 08:40 (species record created: 2018 Aug 12 13:51)