Freshwater aquaculture (2+1)

Practical 2 - Cultivable air breathing fish

2.8. Ompak bimaculatus (butter catfish)

• Body elongated laterally compressed
• Short head
• Mouth gape small
• 4 barbells, mandibular pair reaching pelvic fin
• Dorsal fin short anal fin long and continuous
• Caudal deeply forked with pointed short lobes
• Distributed throughout India
• Grows up to 30 cm
• Breeds during monsoon
• Considered tasty fish in N.E states of India