ປາເຊືອມ / Butter Catfish

Use

Food

Income

Scientific Name / Family

Ompok bimaculatus Bloch, 1794 / Siluridae

Synonyms

Callichrous bimaculatus (Bloch, 1794)
Ompok krattensis (Fowler, 1934)
Silurus bimaculatus Bloch, 1794

Other Names

Cambodian: ត្រីក្រម៉ម
Thai: สยุมพร เซือม เซียม ชะโอน โอน
Viet: Cá trèn bầu

Conservation Status

Near Threatened

Physical Description

ປາເຊືອມ ເປັນປາໜັງ, ເນື້ອອ່ອນ, ຮູບຮ່າງລັກສະນະ, ລຳຕົວຍາວ ແລະ ມີລັກສະນະແປທາງດ້ານຂ້າງ, ສ່ວນຫົວສັ້ນ, ຕາມີຂະໜາດໃຫຍ່, ດ້ານຂ້າງຂອງລຳຕົວບໍລິເວນເໜືອຄີເອິກມີຈຸດສີດຳຂະໜາດໃຫຍ່, ມີໜວດ 2 ຄູ່, ໜວດທີ່ຄາງກະໄຕຍາວເຖິງຈຸດເລີ່ມຕົ້ນຂອງຄີກົ້ນ, ໜວດທີ່ຄາງກະໄຕດ້ານລຸ່ມມີຂະໜາດນ້ອຍ, ສ່ວນຖານຄີກົ້ນຍາວ, ຄີຫາງມີລັກສະນະວ້ຳເລິກ ແລະ ປາຍມົນ, ລຳຕົວມີສີເທົາເງີນ ຫຼື ສີເທົາດຳ, ດ້ານເທີງຂອງລຳຕົວມີສີເຂັ້ມກວ່າທາງດ້ານລຸ່ມ, ລຳຕົວຍາວປະມານ 12-30 ຊມ. ມັກພົບຕາມແມ່ນ້ຳຫ້ວຍຮອງຄອງບືງ. ມັກກີນແພງຕອນ, ກຸ້ງ ແລະ ແມງໄມ້ນ້ຳເປັນອາຫານ.

References / Citations

Kottelat, M. 2013. The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibiography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement No. 27: 1-663.

Kottelat, M. and Lim, K.K.P. 1995. Freshwater fishes of Sarawak and Brunei Darussalam: a preliminary annotated checklist. Sarawak Museum Journal 48: 227-258.

Mishra, S. S., Acherjee, S. K. and Chakraborty, S. K. 2009. Development of tools for assessing conservation categories of siluroid fishes of fresh water and brackish water wetlands of South West Bengal, India. Environmental Biology of Fishes 84(4): 395–407.

Ng, H.H. and R.K. Hadiaty. 2009. Ompok brevirictus, new catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae) from Sumatra. Zootaxa 2232: 50-60.

Sarkar, U.K., B.K. Gupta and W.S. Lakra. 2010. Biodiversity, ecohydrology, threat status and conservation priority of the freshwater fishes of river Gomti, a tributary of river Ganga (India). The Environmentalist 30(1): 3-17.