Harpadon

Harpadon

Harpadon nehereus
Scientific classification
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

There are currently 7 recognized species 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

1 2 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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