Butter catfish

Ompok siluroides

Catfish beneath Chinese Seas

Butter catfish is known around Asia as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and records give a maximum length of 21.4 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Catfishes
Family: Siluridae
Genus: Ompok
Maximum length: 21.4 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Asia: Mekong and Chao Phraya River drainages in Indochina, the Malay Peninsula, the Barito River drainage in southern Borneo and Java.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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