Ompok argestes, is a species of sheatfishes endemic to Sri Lanka.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Siluridae |
| Genus: | Ompok |
| Species: | O. argestes
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| Ompok argestes Sudasinghe & Meegaskumbura, 2016
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Description
editThe male reaches 14.7 cm in length and is a demersal species of fish. It has four dorsal soft rays and 56–63 anal soft rays with 48–52 vertebrae present.[2] The body and head are mottled greyish brown, with a uniformly convex predorsal profile. There are two pairs of barbels and the mouth is terminal, with the lower jaw longer than the upper. The eyes are small and lack a free orbital margin. A hazy black blotch is present in the humeral region with scattered melanophores on the dorsal, pectoral and caudal fins. The anal fin has greyish-brown mottling, while the pelvic fin is hyaline.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Fernado, M.; Kotagama, O.; de Alwis Goonatilake, S. (2020) [errata version of 2019 assessment]. "Ompok argestes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T149851149A174847815. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T149851149A174847815.en. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ompok argestes". FishBase. December 2019 version.
- ^ "A New Species of Silurid Catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae) Endemic to Sri Lanka". Novataxa. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
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