Ompok argestes

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Ompok argestes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Siluridae
Genus: Ompok
Species:
O. argestes
Binomial name
Ompok argestes
Sudasinghe & Meegaskumbura, 2016
Synonyms
  • Ompok bimaculatus(not Bloch, 1794): Haig, 1952: 103 (in part); Deraniyagala, 1952: 51 (in part); Senanayake, 1980: 195 (in part); Pethiyagoda, 1991: 154 (in part)
  • Ompok ceylonensis(not Günther, 1864): Kottelat & Lim, 1995

Ompok argestes, is a species of sheatfishes endemic to Sri Lanka. [1] [2]

Description

The male reaches 14.7 cm in length and is a demersal species of fish. It has four dorsal soft rays and 56–63 anal soft rays with 48–52 vertebrae present. [2] The body and head are mottled greyish brown, with a uniformly convex predorsal profile. There are two pairs of barbels and the mouth is terminal, with the lower jaw longer than the upper. The eyes are small and lack a free orbital margin. A hazy black blotch is present in the humeral region with scattered melanophores on the dorsal, pectoral and caudal fins. The anal fin has greyish-brown mottling, while the pelvic fin is hyaline. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Fernado, M.; Kotagama, O.; de Alwis Goonatilake, S. (2020) [errata version of 2019 assessment]. "Ompok argestes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T149851149A174847815. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T149851149A174847815.en . Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ompok argestes". FishBase . December 2019 version.
  3. "A New Species of Silurid Catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae) Endemic to Sri Lanka". Novataxa. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2019.