Skip to content
Harpadon

Specimen image via iDigBio · BY-NC

EntityQ2058095· pop 12· linked from 7 articles

Harpadon is a genus of bony fishes in the lizardfish family. The most famous member of this genus is the Bombay duck, H. nehereus, which is commercially fished to supply its use in Indian cuisine, especially in the area around Mumbai.

Species

ミズテング属

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderAulopiformes
  5. FamilySynodontidae
Habitatmarine, brackish
Observations recorded1,780

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
35
With media
1
Family
Synodontidae
Collections
CAS, SIO, UMMZ, NMV, AM, OS
Recorded in
India, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Chinese Taipei, Solomon Islands, Pakistan, Bangladesh

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Synodontidae
Image
Harpodon microchir.jpg
Show 4 more facts
Commons category
Harpadon
taxon name
Harpadon
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Harpadon
Sources (1)

via Wikidata · CC0

~1 min read

Encyclopedic overview

2 sections
Contents
  • Species
  • References

Harpadon is a genus of bony fishes in the lizardfish family. The most famous member of this genus is the Bombay duck, H. nehereus, which is commercially fished to supply its use in Indian cuisine, especially in the area around Mumbai.

==Species== Seven species are placed in this genus: Harpadon erythraeus Klausewitz, 1983 Harpadon microchir Günther, 1878 Harpadon mortenseni Hardenberg, 1933 Harpadon nehereus (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Bombay duck) Harpadon nudus Ganga & J. P. Thomas, 2015 Harpadon squamosus (Alcock, 1891) Harpadon translucens Saville-Kent, 1889 (glassy Bombay duck)

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Harpadon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Available in 11 languages

via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0