Description

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Siluriformes

Family: Siluridae

Genus: Ompok

Species: Ompok malabaricus (Valenciennes, 1840)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Found in rivers in plains and submontane regions (Ref. 41236). Common in rivers and wetlands. Piscivorous feeding on other small fishes (Ref. 44149).

Habitat

benthopelagic