What kind of ompok is this guy?

[Viktor Jarikov]

you can find several more shots and angles of this fish in group photographs here
http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... 63#p200763

At about 6" TL.

[Silurus]

Ompok siluroides

[Viktor Jarikov]

Thank you, Silurus! I think you are right about both this guy and the amelanistic version.

Strangely, there is so little info in CateLog. No size, no husbandry.

[MatsP]

Part of the lack of information is that it's recently been split from O. bimaculatus.

I have a vague memory that I at one time promised to actually move the data from O. bimaculatus - I'll have a look to see what we decided to do. Certainly have a look at

Ompok bimaculatus

- it is fairly similar in most ways, as far as I understand.

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Mats

[Viktor Jarikov]

Thanx Mats!

This is a confusing passage in ID section:
The fish often recognized as O. bimaculatus (and most commonly encountered in the aquarium trade) is a Southeast Asian species ...(VJ: O. siluroides??) ... which has a rounder head and a mottled brown colouration, while O. bimaculatus are silvery and have a sharper head.

[MatsP]

I have fixed that section, so it now is (hopefully) clearer. Just pending Jools approval of the changes [he just has to check that we're not deleting something important by accident or some such!].

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Mats

[Viktor Jarikov]

After two years and some months, I got to see this fish again (http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... =4&t=36786). Would appreciate the ID confirmation.

About 10" TL now.

[Silurus]

It hasn't morphed into another species AFAIK.