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Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Siluridae (Sheatfishes)
Etymology: Ompok: It is a bad reproduction of a Malayam fish name as limpok/ompok (Ref. 45335); argestes: The specific name argestes is a Homeric (Greek) term which means southwest, a reference to the region of Sri Lanka in which the species occurs..

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Freshwater; demersal. Tropical

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Asia: Sri Lanka.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.7 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 116164)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 4; Anal soft rays: 56 - 63; Vertebrae: 48 - 52. Ompok argestes differs from its Indian and Sri Lankan congeners by the combination of the following characters: body color pattern mottled; predorsal profile uniformly convex; maxillary barbels reach or extend slightly beyond the base of the dorsal fin; eye diameter 14.2-17.1% head length; body depth at anus 19.8-22.3% standard length (SL); head width 14.3-16.8% SL; caudal peduncle depth 5.6-6.5% SL; and vertebrae 48-52 (Ref. 116164).

Found among submerged roots and marginal vegetation in slow-flowing, shaded regions of rivers and streams with a substratum of mud or leaf debris (Ref. 116164).

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Sudasinghe, H. and M. Meegaskumbura, 2016. Ompok argeste, a new species of silurid catfish endemic to Sri Lanka (Teleostei: Siluridae). Zootaxa 4158(2):261-271. (Ref. 116164)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Vulnerable (VU) (B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)); Date assessed: 07 August 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00562 (0.00278 - 0.01137), b=3.00 (2.83 - 3.17), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.7 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

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Ompok argestes Sudasinghe & Meegaskumbura, 2016