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Fish Market In Calcutta, India
Juvenile Specimen.

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Ompok pabda** (Hamilton, 1822)
Common Name	Two Stripe Gulper Catfish
Type Locality	Ponds and rivers of Bengal.
Synonym(s)	Callichrous anastomus, Callichrous egertonii, Callichrous pabda, Callichrous vittatus, Cryptopterus latovittatus, Ompok pabde, Ompok pabla, Silurichthys lamghur, Silurus anastomus, Silurus anostomus, Silurus lamghur, Silurus pabda, Wallago anastomus, Wallago pabda
Pronunciation	Awm pok - pahb DAH
Etymology	The etymology of Ompok is unclear. It is believed to be a corruption of the Indonesian name for mid-sized silurid catfishes, limpok. The specific epithet comes from pabda, the Bengali name of the fish.
Species Information
Size	300mm or 11.8" 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. Distinguished by relatively short maxillary barbels (not extending beyond tip of pectoral fin) and 48-54 branched anal-fin rays.
Sexing	Males are more slender and have strong serrations on the posterior edge of the pectoral spine (females lack these serrations).
General Remarks	The species is said to occur throughout southern Asia as far west as Afghanistan and as far east as Mynamar, but the identities need to be verified.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Asia: Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Myanmar. Reported from Bhutan. Indian waters, North Eastern India Waters, Padma, Ganges (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 2009.
pH	6.0 - 7.4
Temperature	22.0-27.0°C or 71.6-80.6°F (Show species within this range)
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Readily feeds on live/frozen foods and other prepared foods such as pellets. Will also eat small fishes/shrimps. User data.
Furniture	Provide plenty of hiding spaces in the form of driftwood or PVC pipes. Prefers an area of open water when active.
Compatibility	A relatively peaceful species that is compatible with most fish of equal size or larger. Not safe with small fishes.
Breeding	Not recorded.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges, pp 150, 374, Pl. 25 (fig. 47).
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Last Update	2025 Jan 02 01:38 (species record created: 2001 Apr 21 00:00)