genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
fish
Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of li ...
in the
family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
lake
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...
s and large
river
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...
s throughout
South
South is one of the cardinal directions or Points of the compass, compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west.
Etymology
The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Pro ...
and
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, south-eastern region of Asia, consistin ...
.
Taxonomy
The genus is recognized to be
paraphyletic
In taxonomy (general), taxonomy, a group is paraphyletic if it consists of the group's most recent common ancestor, last common ancestor and most of its descendants, excluding a few Monophyly, monophyletic subgroups. The group is said to be pa ...
. The
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of ''Ompok'' have been grouped into species groups, such as the ''Ompok bimaculatus'' group (i.e. ''O. bimaculatus'', ''O. malabaricus'' and ''O. miostoma''), the ''O. eugeneiatus'' group (i.e. ''O. eugeneiatus'' and ''O. pinnatus''), the ''O. hypophthalmus'' group (i.e. ''O. hypophthalmus'', ''O. rhabdinurus'' and ''O. urbaini'') and the ''O. leiacanthus'' group (''O. fumidus'', ''O. jaynei'' and ''O. leiacanthus'').Bornbusch, A.H. (1995): Phylogenetic relationships within the Eurasian catfish family Siluridae (Pisces: Siluriformes), with comments on generic validities and biogeography. ''Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 115 (1): 1–46.''Ng, H.H. (2003): A review of the ''Ompok hypophthalmus'' group of silurid catfishes with the description of a new species from South-East Asia. ''Journal of Fish Biology, 62 (6): 1296–1311.''Ng, H.H. (2003): ''Ompok pinnatus'', a new species of silurid catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Siluridae) from mainland Southeast Asia. ''Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 116 (1): 47-51.'' On the other hand, the
monophyly
In cladistics for a group of organisms, monophyly is the condition of being a clade—that is, a group of taxa composed only of a common ancestor (or more precisely an ancestral population) and all of its lineal descendants. Monophyletic grou ...
of these species groups is not strong enough to reassign species to other genera.Ng, H.H. & Tan, H.H. (2004): ''Ompok platyrhynchus'', a new silurid catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae) from Borneo. ''Zootaxa, 580: 1–11.''
The ''O. eugeneiatus'' group is likely to be more closely related to ''
Kryptopterus
''Kryptopterus'' is a genus of catfishes belonging to the family Siluridae. They are found in freshwater throughout Southeast Asia. The scientific name comes from Ancient Greek ''kryptós'' (κρυπτός, "hidden") + ''ptéryx'' (πτέρυ ...
There are currently 27 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Ompok argestes
''Ompok argestes'', is a species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any t ...
'' Sudasinghe & Meegaskumbura, 2016 Sudasinghe, H. & Meegaskumbura, M. (2016): ''Ompok argestes'', a new species of silurid catfish endemic to Sri Lanka (Teleostei: Siluridae). ''Zootaxa, 4158 (2): 261–271.''
* ''
Ompok bimaculatus
''Ompok bimaculatus'', known as butter catfish, is a species of sheatfishes native to Asian countries such as Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, but recently identified in Myanmar.
Known in Thailand as ''pla cha-on'' (ปลาชะ ...
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* (1859-1914), French rabbi
*Adele Bloch-Bauer (1881-1925), Austrian entrepreneur
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, 1794) (Butter catfish)
* ''
Ompok binotatus
''Ompok'' is a genus of fish in the family Siluridae found in lakes and large rivers throughout South and Southeast Asia.
Taxonomy
The genus is recognized to be paraphyletic. The species of ''Ompok'' have been grouped into species groups, such ...
Ompok borneensis
''Ompok'' is a genus of fish in the family Siluridae found in lakes and large rivers throughout South and Southeast Asia.
Taxonomy
The genus is recognized to be paraphyletic. The species of ''Ompok'' have been grouped into species groups, such ...
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Steindachner
Franz Steindachner (11 November 1834 in Vienna – 10 December 1919 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He published over 200 papers on fishes and over 50 papers on reptiles and amphibians. Steindachner describ ...
, 1901)
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Ompok brevirictus
''Ompok'' is a genus of fish in the family Siluridae found in lakes and large rivers throughout South and Southeast Asia.
Taxonomy
The genus is recognized to be paraphyletic. The species of ''Ompok'' have been grouped into species groups, such a ...
Ompok canio
''Ompok'' is a genus of fish in the family Siluridae found in lakes and large rivers throughout South and Southeast Asia.
Taxonomy
The genus is recognized to be paraphyletic. The species of ''Ompok'' have been grouped into species groups, such a ...
Ompok ceylonensis
''Ompok'' is a genus of fish in the family Siluridae found in lakes and large rivers throughout South and Southeast Asia.
Taxonomy
The genus is recognized to be paraphyletic. The species of ''Ompok'' have been grouped into species groups, such a ...
Ompok eugeneiatus
''Ompok'' is a genus of fish in the family Siluridae found in lakes and large rivers throughout South and Southeast Asia.
Taxonomy
The genus is recognized to be paraphyletic. The species of ''Ompok'' have been grouped into species groups, such a ...
Ompok fumidus
''Ompok'' is a genus of fish in the family Siluridae found in lakes and large rivers throughout South and Southeast Asia.
Taxonomy
The genus is recognized to be paraphyletic. The species of ''Ompok'' have been grouped into species groups, such a ...
Ompok hypophthalmus
''Ompok'' is a genus of fish in the family Siluridae found in lakes and large rivers throughout South and Southeast Asia.
Taxonomy
The genus is recognized to be paraphyletic. The species of ''Ompok'' have been grouped into species groups, such ...
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Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Ompok javanensis'' ( Hardenberg, 1938)
* ''
Ompok jaynei
''Ompok'' is a genus of fish in the family Siluridae found in lakes and large rivers throughout South and Southeast Asia.
Taxonomy
The genus is recognized to be paraphyletic. The species of ''Ompok'' have been grouped into species groups, such ...
Ompok karunkodu
''Ompok'' is a genus of fish in the family Siluridae found in lakes and large rivers throughout South and Southeast Asia.
Taxonomy
The genus is recognized to be paraphyletic. The species of ''Ompok'' have been grouped into species groups, such ...
'' H. H. Ng, 2013 Ng, H.H. (2013): ''Ompok karunkodu'', a new catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae) from southern India. ''Zootaxa, 3694 (2): 161–166.''
* ''
Ompok leiacanthus
''Ompok'' is a genus of fish in the family Siluridae found in lakes and large rivers throughout South and Southeast Asia.
Taxonomy
The genus is recognized to be paraphyletic. The species of ''Ompok'' have been grouped into species groups, such ...
'' (
Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Ompok malabaricus'' (
Valenciennes
Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a s ...
Ompok pabda
''Ompok'' is a genus of fish in the family Siluridae found in lakes and large rivers throughout South and Southeast Asia.
Taxonomy
The genus is recognized to be paraphyletic. The species of ''Ompok'' have been grouped into species groups, such ...
Ompok pabo
''Ompok pabo'' or Pabo catfish ( as, পাভ মাছ) is a freshwater fish from the family Siluridae (Sheatfishes) native to Pakistan, North-East India, Bangladesh and Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . ...
Ompok pluriradiatus
''Ompok'' is a genus of fish in the family Siluridae found in lakes and large rivers throughout South and Southeast Asia.
Taxonomy
The genus is recognized to be paraphyletic. The species of ''Ompok'' have been grouped into species groups, such ...
Ompok rhadinurus
''Ompok'' is a genus of fish in the family Siluridae found in lakes and large rivers throughout South and Southeast Asia.
Taxonomy
The genus is recognized to be paraphyletic. The species of ''Ompok'' have been grouped into species groups, such ...
Inger
Inger may refer to:
People
* Inger (given name), a list of people
* Inger, the main character of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale ''The Girl Who Trod on a Loaf''
* Robert F. Inger (1920–2019), American herpetologist
* Stella Inger, America ...
Ompok siluroides
''Ompok'' is a genus of fish in the family Siluridae found in lakes and large rivers throughout South and Southeast Asia.
Taxonomy
The genus is recognized to be paraphyletic. The species of ''Ompok'' have been grouped into species groups, such ...
''
Lacépède Lacepede can refer to:
* Bernard Germain de Lacépède (1756–1825), French naturalist and politician.
* Lacepede Bay, a bay in South Australia.
* Lacépède, Lot-et-Garonne, a ''commune'' in France
* Lacepede Islands, a group of four islands in t ...
, 1803
* ''
Ompok supernus
''Ompok'' is a genus of fish in the family Siluridae found in lakes and large rivers throughout South and Southeast Asia.
Taxonomy
The genus is recognized to be paraphyletic. The species of ''Ompok'' have been grouped into species groups, such ...
Ompok weberi
''Ompok'' is a genus of fish in the family Siluridae found in lakes and large rivers throughout South and Southeast Asia.
Taxonomy
The genus is recognized to be paraphyletic. The species of ''Ompok'' have been grouped into species groups, such ...