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ConservationStatus: Least ConcernIdentifying features: Outer margin of snout truncate.Barbels four pairs, maxillarypair extend to the base of pelvics or a little beyond. Pectoral spine stronger thandorsal and denticulated posteriorly, pectoral fin rays 8 or 9.Caudal fin rays 19 to21.General information: Found in rivers, canals, beels, ditches, inundated fieldsand other freshwater areas. Carnivore. Breeding occurs before the commencementof monsoons. Maximum size: 1.5 em.Fisheries: An important game fish and popular to anglers.Family: Siluridae• Dorsal fin short, rudimentary or absent, dorsal fin devoid of spine .• 2 to 3 pairs of barbels, nasal barbels absent.• Anal fin very long.• Adipose dorsal fin absent.34. Ompok bimaculatus (Bloch)Local name: Pabtah (Orissa), Puffta, Chechera, Papta, Gugli, JalkapoorConservationStatus: Near ThreatenedIdentifying features: Gape of mouth not extending beyond eye.Maxillary barbelslong extend slightly beyond anal fin base.Dorsal fin short with 4 rays, spine24