Butter catfish
Scientific classification Edit this 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
  • Silurus bimaculatus Bloch, 1794
  • Callichrous bimaculatus (Bloch, 1794)
  • Pseudosilurus bimaculatus (Bloch, 1794)
  • Wallago bimaculatus (Bloch, 1794)
  • Silurus chechra Hamilton, 1822
  • Callichrous chechra (Hamilton, 1822)
  • Silurus duda Hamilton, 1822
  • Silurus affinis Swainson, 1839
  • Silurus nebulosus Swainson, 1839
  • Callichrous nebulosus (Swainson, 1839)
  • Callichrus nebulosus (Swainson, 1839)
  • Silurus microcephalus Valenciennes, 1840
  • Wallago microcephalus (Valenciennes, 1840)
  • Silurus mysoricus Valenciennes, 1840
  • Pseudosilurus macropthalmos Blyth, 1860

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

Ompok bimaculatus Day

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

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628.
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Ompok bimaculatus" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
  4. ↑ 14 Thai Fishes and their preparation styles


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