Ompok binotatus

Ompok binotatus Ng, 2002

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Siluridae (Sheatfishes)
Etymology: Ompok: It is a bad reproduction of a Malayam fish name as limpok/ompok (Ref. 45335); binotatus: Named for the 2 dark spots at the humeral region and at the end of the caudal peduncle.

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical

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Asia: Kapuas River drainage in western Borneo, Indonesia.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 42932)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 4; Anal soft rays: 53 - 58; Vertebrae: 46 - 51. Head width 12.1-14.0% SL; eye diameter 17.2-21.6% HL; mandibular barbels reaching to anterior half of anal fin; 12-14 gill rakers on first gill arch; ventral orbital margin not completely visible when head is viewed ventrally; brown body with a distinct dark spot at base of caudal peduncle; males with 9-11 serrations on posterior edge of pectoral spine (Ref. 42932).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found in small streams and swamp forest (Ref. 56749). Feeds on fry and small fish, and aquatic insects (Ref. 56749).

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Ng, H.H., 2002. Ompok binotatus and Ompok pluriradiatus, two new species of silurid catfish from Borneo (Teleostei: Siluriformes). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 13(1):25-31. (Ref. 42932)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

  Endangered (EN) (B1ab(iii)); Date assessed: 07 June 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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