Harpadon

Harpadon
	Harpadon nehereus,Bombay duck
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Aulopiformes
Family:	Synodontidae
Subfamily:	Harpadontinae
Genus:	Harpadon; Lesueur, 1825

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[edit]

Seven species are placed in this genus:

Harpadon erythraeus Klausewitz, 1983
Harpadon microchir Günther, 1878
Harpadon mortenseni Hardenberg, 1933 ^[1]
Harpadon nehereus (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Bombay duck)
Harpadon nudus Ganga & J. P. Thomas, 2015 ^[1]
Harpadon squamosus (Alcock, 1891)
Harpadon translucens Saville-Kent, 1889 (glassy Bombay duck)

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Ganga, U., Thomas, J.P. & Sukumaran, S. (2015): A new species of the Genus Harpadon (Aulopiformes, Synodontidae) from the north-eastern Arabian Sea, India. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 62 (4): 1-9.

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[Ganga2015-1] Ganga, U., Thomas, J.P. & Sukumaran, S. (2015): A new species of the Genus Harpadon (Aulopiformes, Synodontidae) from the north-eastern Arabian Sea, India. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 62 (4): 1-9.

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