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Scientific Name	**Ompok urbaini** (Fang & Chaux, 1949)
Common Name
Type Locality	Cambodia.
Pronunciation	Awm pok
Etymology	The etymology of Ompok is unclear. It is believed to be a corruption of the Indonesian name for mid-sized silurid catfishes, limpok.
Species Information
Size	181mm or 7.1" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	The catfish genus Ompok La Cepède, 1803, consists of medium-sized silurid fishes found in inland waters throughout South and Southeast Asia. The genus is traditionally diagnosed by the presence of a short dorsal fin with 4 rays, strongly forked caudal fin, subcutaneous eye that is set immediately posterior to the mouth rictus and two patches of palatal teeth (Weber & de Beaufort, 1913). Bornbusch (1995) showed that Ompok, as currently understood, is probably paraphyletic.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Asia: Mekong, Chao Phraya and Pasak River drainages in Indo-China.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2011.
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported in the aquarium.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2) v. 21 (no. 2), pp 197, Fig. 2.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2014 Nov 13 23:16 (species record created: 2014 Nov 11 04:46)