FreshwaterBrackish
Butter catfish
Ompok bimaculatus
Siluridae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 45 cm
- Body shape
- Elongated
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 2,028 liters
- Diet
- Missing
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Behavior
Water values
Smallest tank
Range
Native
Lives wild in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
More about the species
Description
Adults are found in quiet, shallow (0.5-1.5 m), often muddy water, in sandy streams, rivers and tanks. Also occur in canals, beels and inundated fields. Feed on vegetable matter and fish.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Callichrous bimaculatus
- Callichrous ceylonensis
- Callichrous chechra
- Callichrous gangeticus
- Callichrous macrophthalmus
- Callichrous nebulosus
In other languages
- Toplettet glasmalle
- Täplälasimonni
- Glass catfish, Indian butter-catfish, Onespot catfish, Pabda catfish
Articles
All articles
Fish that get along4 min read
Temperament, fin nippers, fish that eat other fish, and fish that need the same water. And what the Harmony mark in the app means.
How to set up an Asian aquarium5 min read
Two aquariums from Southeast Asia: calm forest streams and peat swamps with soft, brown water, and fast mountain streams with cool, oxygen-rich water.
How to add new fish4 min read
From the store to the tank: how to get the fish used to your water, why you should add only a few at a time, and what to watch for in the first few days.
Quarantine for new fish3 min read
Why new fish should live in a tank of their own for a few weeks before they move in, what you need, and what to look for.