Description

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).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Siluriformes

Family: Siluridae

Genus: Ompok

Species: Ompok binotatus Ng, 2002

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

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

Habitat

benthopelagic