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Ompok bimaculatus (Bloch, 1794)

Butter catfish
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Common names: Butter catfish, Walapoththa
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Occurs in tanks and small streams throughout the lowlands. Also Ref. 591, 4833, 41236, 43640.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ce.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Pethiyagoda, R., 1991
National Database:

Common names from other countries

双斑绚鲶, Indian butter-catfish, Kani pabda, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Siluridae (Sheatfishes)
Etymology: Ompok: It is a bad reproduction of a Malayam fish name as limpok/ompok (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Bloch.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; brackish; demersal; pH range: 6.0 - 8.0; dH range: 4 - 28; potamodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 2 m.   Tropical; 20°C - 26°C (Ref. 1672)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
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