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Ompok fumidus Tan & Ng, 1996

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Previously known as O. leiacanthus but newly described by Tan & Ng (1996). Description: Anal soft rays: 53 - 60. Habitat: Inhabits stenotopic to peats. Collected from shallow blackwaters in a peat swamp heavily disturbed by logging activities. Diet: Feed mainly on insect larvae, with adults eating fish instead. Etymology: The specific name fumidus: Latin for smoky coloured, referring to its uniform grey-to-black colour.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Siluridae

Distribution:

Asia: Peninsular Malaysia. Terengganu, Selangor, Perak and Pahang (Peninsular Malaysia); Pulau Bintan (Riau Archipelago), as well as Kalimantan Barat and Kalimantan Tengah (Borneo). Type locality: North Selengor peat swamp forest, 43 km on road from Tanjong Malim to Sungai Besar, Selangor, Malaysia.

Size:

15.0cm. (6ins)

Temp:

21-27°C (69-81F)

p.H.

6.0-7.0.

IUCN Red List

This species occurs from the Mae Nam Kolok drainage southwards to the Pahang River drainage in the Malay Peninsula; Pulau Bintan (Riau Archipelago); Batang Hari drainage in central Sumatra, and the Kapuas River drainage southwards to the Arut River drainage in Borneo, with an estimated extent of occurrence (EOO) of 573,960 km2. Although there is no detailed information on the population status of this species, survey data indicate that it is still abundant in many parts of its known distribution. However, the habitat of this species (blackwater peat swamp forests) has undergone large scale destruction and degradation, and a population decline of about 25% due to habitat degradation and loss is suspected within the next ten years. Therefore, Ompok fumidus is assessed as Near Threatened, nearly meeting criterion A3c, (IUCN 2020).

Reference:

Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2019. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 12/2019 ).
Ng, H.H. & Van Veen, F. 2020. Ompok fumidus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020.
Tan, T.H.T. and P.K.L. Ng, 1996. Catfishes of the Ompok leiacanthus (Bleeker, 1853) species group (Teleostei: Siluridae) from Southeast Asia, with description of a new species. Raffles Bull. Zool. 44(2):531-542.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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