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Bombay duck
Sign in to saveAlso known as Harpadon nehereus, Lote Mach, Loitte fish, Lotte Mach
species of fish
Species
Near ThreatenedBombay-duck
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderAulopiformes
- FamilySynodontidae
Habitatmarine, brackish
via IUCN
Wikidata facts
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- Commons category
- Harpadon nehereus
- taxon name
- Harpadon nehereus
- taxon rank
- species
- taxon common name
- pepija
- IUCN conservation status
- Near Threatened
- short name
- H. nehereus
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Encyclopedic overview
Harpadon nehereus, commonly known as the Bombay duck or bummalo, is a species of lizardfish. Adults may reach a maximum length of 40 cm (16 in), but the usual size is around 25 cm (10 in).
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bombay duck” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.