Ompok argestes

Ompok argestes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]

References

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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.


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