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Butter Catfish

Ompok bimaculatus (Bloch 1794)

Diseases and Parasites

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Capillaria Infestation. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)
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Trophic Strategy

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Found in quiet, shallow (0.5-1.5 m), often muddy water, in sandy streams, rivers and tanks (Ref. 6028). Also occurs in canals, beels and inundated fields (Ref. 1479). Feeds on vegetable matter and fish (Ref. 6028).
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Migration

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Potamodromous. Migrating within streams, migratory in rivers, e.g. Saliminus, Moxostoma, Labeo. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.
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Procamallanus Infection 7. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)
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Falcaustra Infestation. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)
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Eustrongylides Infestation. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)
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Pleurogenes Infestation 2. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)
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Diseases and Parasites

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Pleurogenes Infestation 1. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)
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Allocreadium Infestation 4. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)
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Pallisentis Infestation 3. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)
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Phyllodistomum Infestation 3. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)
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Gonocera Infestation. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)
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Isoparorchis Infestation. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)
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Diseases and Parasites

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Procamallanus Infection 5. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)
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Procamallanus Infection 1. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)
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Gnathostoma Infestation. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)
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Contracaecum Disease. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)
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Biology

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Adults are found in quiet, shallow (0.5-1.5 m), often muddy water, in sandy streams, rivers and tanks (Ref. 6028). Also occur in canals, beels and inundated fields (Ref. 1479). Feed on vegetable matter and fish (Ref. 6028).
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Importance

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fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial; aquarium: commercial
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Ompok bimaculatus

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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]

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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Ompok bimaculatus: Brief Summary

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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.

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. Males can reach a length of 45 cm.

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