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Bombay duck
Sign in to saveAlso known as Harpadon nehereus, Lote Mach, Loitte fish, Lotte Mach
species of fish
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Bombay duck is referenced by 330 other articles, and connects out to Synodontidae, Animalia and Mumbai.
It sits within the topics Culture of Mumbai, Fish described in 1822 and Fish dishes.
Its subject is documented across 32 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
Near ThreatenedBombay-duck
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderAulopiformes
- FamilySynodontidae
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.