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 Cat-eLog Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Ompok fumidus Tan & Ng, 1996 |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | North Selengor peat swamp forest, 43 kilometers on road from Tanjung Malim to Sungai Besar, Selangor, Malaysia. |
| 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 | 150mm or 5.9" 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: Terengganu, Selangor, Perak and Pahang (Peninsular Malaysia); Pulau Bintan (Riau Archipelago), as well as Kalimantan Barat and Kalimantan Tengah (Borneo). Pacific, Malaysia Waters, Peninsular Malaysia Waters, Bernam (click on these areas to find other species found there) Pacific, Malaysia Waters, Peninsular Malaysia Waters, Terengganu (click on these areas to find other species found there) Pacific, Malaysia Waters, Peninsular Malaysia Waters, Selangor (click on these areas to find other species found there) Pacific, Malaysia Waters, Peninsular Malaysia Waters, Perak (click on these areas to find other species found there) Pacific, Malaysia Waters, Peninsular Malaysia Waters, Pahang (click on these areas to find other species found there) Pacific, Greater Sunda Island Rivers, Borneo Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Near Threatened , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2019. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding | Unreported in the aquarium. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Raffles Bulletin of Zoology v. 44 (no. 2), pp 537, Figs. 3, 4C. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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| LFS label creator ARN ref:1.7.113.7233 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 02 00:44 (species record created: 2018 Aug 12 13:53) |