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SpeciesAulopiformesSynodontidae
Fish

🐟Bombay duck

Harpadon nehereus (Hamilton, 1822)

Harpadon nehereus, im Englischen „Bombay Duck“ genannt, ist ein Raubfisch aus der Ordnung der Eidechsenfischartigen (Aulopiformes). Er kommt im tropischen Indopazifik vor.

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Conservation status
NTNear threatened

IUCN Red List assessment, 2019.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
not recorded
Body length
0.25 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Body length
0.25 mrecord 0.61 m · FishBasetypical adult
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Record: largest individual on record

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Trophic level
4.08
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Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 4.08 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
harmless
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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderAulopiformes
  4. ›familySynodontidae
  5. ›genusHarpadon
  6. ›speciesHarpadon nehereus
Full lineage
  1. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  2. orderAulopiformes
  3. subfamilyHarpadontinae
  4. genusHarpadon
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  7. classActinopteri
  8. subclassNeopterygii
  9. orderAulopiformes
  10. subfamilyHarpadontinae
  11. genusHarpadon
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龙头鱼 (zh), Harpadon nehereus (de), テナガミズテング (ja), Cá khoai (vi), Harpadon nehereus (nl), Harpadon nehereus (es) … and 11 more languages
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