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Ompok bimaculatus (Bloch, 1794)

Butter catfish
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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (Ref. 40982), Indus and Haro rivers (Ref. 41033). Known from North West Frontier Province (Ref. 52665). Also found in Punjab and Sindh (Ref. 51161). Also Ref. 4833, 12076, 41236, 43640.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/pk.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Mirza, M.R., 2002
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)

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