Ompok bimaculatus

[Shovelnose]

Do all Indian Ompok bimaculatus sport a silvery sheen???? Collected an extremely green specimen a few months ago.

[Silurus]

Most of the O. bimaculatus I have seen are silvery.

[Shovelnose]

This was collected from the Tambraparani a few months ago :












What do you think this is HH??? It does have a humeral spot but havent paid attention to the caudal yet. Collected from a slow moving part of the river.

I know the pics dont do much justice to the beauty of this fish. Sorta toxic green. Thought something was wrong with him / her when we collected him but it turned put to be his pattern. Fantastic patterns. Two were collected and one of 'em ended up with me. He s been getting his fins frayed by his tankmates too much for my comfort now.

[sidguppy]

this is Ompok?

looks like a juvenile Wallago to me........

[Shovelnose]

Never kept a Wallago before but arent they known to have an extremely nasty temperament???? This one s rather docile. He s at the receiving end all the time.

Doesnt look like there' s a spot on the caudal peduncle.

[Shovelnose]

A few more pics. Not as much detail as one would like for sure.



Humeral spot.



Caudal peduncle. See anything????




Full pic.



Apologies for the quality of the pics. Best I can do for now.

[Silurus]

This looks like Ompok malabaricus to me.

[Shovelnose]

Whats the key to differentiate the two species HH????

[Silurus]

Ompok malabaricus is brown and has more anal-fin rays than O. bimaculatus (which tends to be silvery). I can't remember the differences in counts offhand.

[Shovelnose]

Cool HH. Thanks.