Ompok bimaculatus ( Bloch, 1794 )

Çiçek, Erdoğan, Fricke, Ronald, Eagderi, Soheil, Sungur, Sevil, Coad, Brian W & Hamdard, Mohammad Hamid, 2023, Fishes of Afghanistan; a revised and updated annotated checklist, Zootaxa 5305 (1), pp. 1-69 : 40-41

Ompok bimaculatus ( Bloch, 1794)

[N]—Butter catfish

Taxonomy. Original description: Silurus bimaculatus Bloch, 1794: 24 , pl. 364 [ India; lectotype: ZMB 2916; lectotype selected by Paepke (1999: 139)].— Afghanistan synonyms: Silurus (Callichrus) affinis Swainson, 1839 ; Silurus anostomus Valenciennes, 1840 ; Silurus chechra Hamilton, 1822 ; Silurus duda Hamilton, 1822 ; Silurus (Callichrus) immaculatus Swainson, 1839 ; Silurus indicus McClelland, 1842 ; Pseudosilurus macropthalmos Blyth, 1860 ; Silurus microcephalus Valenciennes, 1840 ; Silurus mysoricus Valenciennes, 1840 ; Silurus (Callichrus) nebulosus Swainson, 1839 ; Callichrous notatus Day, 1870 ; Ompok siluroides Lacepède, 1803 ; Callichrous sindensis Day, 1877 ; Ompok sindensis (Day, 1877) .—Revisions: Jayaram (2006:105).— Illustration: Talwar & Jhingran (1991: 582, fig. 194).

Status in Afghanistan. First record from Afghanistan by Coad (1981: 16); confirmed by Coad (2014: 287; 2015: 229).—Afghanistan materials: None.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Kabul River.—General distribution: South Asia: Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Myanmar.—Habitat: This species inhabits plains and submontane regions and is found in rivers, lakes, tanks, and ponds. Freshwater.

Economic importance. Commercially important.

Conservation. Conservation status in Afghanistan: Unknown.—IUCN: NT ( Ng et al. 2010).—Threats: FIT.— Moderate sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered as a keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.— Moderate priority for conservation action.