Ompok bimaculatus
Species of fish
Butter catfish | |
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Conservation status | |
![]() Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Siluridae |
Genus: | Ompok |
Species: | O. bimaculatus |
Binomial name | |
Ompok bimaculatus (Bloch, 1794) | |
Synonyms | |
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Ompok bimaculatus, known as butter catfish, is a species of sheatfishes native to Asian countries such as Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, but recently identified in Myanmar.[2][3] It also indetified in Mekong Basin of Vietnam
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Known in Thailand as pla cha-on (ปลาชะโอน), it is one of the very similar catfish species known in the markets as pla nuea on (วงศ์ปลาเนื้ออ่อน). It is valued for its delicate flesh and is also used for making high-quality fish balls.[4] Males can reach a length of 45 cm.
References
- ^ Ng, H.H.; Tenzin, K.; Pal, M. (2010). "Ompok bimaculatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T166616A174788267. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T166616A174788267.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Ompok bimaculatus" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
- ^ 14 Thai Fishes and their preparation styles
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