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Etymology: Ompok: It is a bad reproduction of a Malayam fish name as limpok/ompok (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Horace Fort Jayne (1859–1913) was an American zoologist and educator. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Fowler.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; brackish; demersal. Tropical
Asia: Sarawak, northern Sabah and Kalimantan Timur.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 41243)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Recently collected specimen found in shallow blackwaters in a peat swamp heavily disturbed by logging activities.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Tan, T.H.T. and P.K.L. Ng, 1996. Catfishes of the Ompok leiacanthus (Bleeker, 1853) species group (Teleostei: Siluridae) from Southeast Asia, with description of a new species. Raffles Bull. Zool. 44(2):531-542. (Ref. 41243)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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