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Common names: Bamaloh, Bombay duck, Bombil
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from northwest coast, estuaries of West Bengal, Satpati-Dahanu in Maharashtra, Jaffrabad-Nawabundev in Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Orissa, and Andhra Pradesh (Ref. 45255). Contributes a substantial fishery in the Hooghly estuary in West Bengal (Ref. 4833).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kapoor, D., R. Dayal and A.G. Ponniah, 2002
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Common names from other countries

Scopelidé, Bumalo, Bombay duck fish, ... more

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> Aulopiformes (Grinners) > Synodontidae (Lizardfishes) > Harpadontinae
Etymology: Harpadon: Greek, arpedon, -es = net, bow, knot (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Hamilton.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino; salobre bentopelágico; oceanodromo (Ref. 51243); rango de profundidad 50 - ? m (Ref. 9987). Tropical; 31°N - 12°S, 40°E - 153°E (Ref. 54462)

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Indo-West Pacific: Somalia to Papua New Guinea, north to Japan and south to Indonesia.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ?, range 13 - ? cm
Max length : 61.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 43449); common length : 25.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 30573)

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Espinas dorsales (total) : 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 11 - 13; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 13 - 15. Scales restricted to posterior half of the body. Posterior tip of pectoral fin reaching origin of pelvic fin.

Inhabit deep water offshore on sandy mud bottom for most of the year, but also gathers in large shoals in deltas of rivers to feed during monsoons (Ref. 9987, 11230). Spawn 6 batches of broods per year (Ref. 43449). An aggressive predator (Ref. 9987). Primarily caught along Maharashtra with the bag-net, better known as 'dol' net. Operation of this gear is timed to a strong tidal current. The bag with the mouth set against the current strains the fish which is being retained therein by the strength of the current. The net is thus retrieved before the tide turns. Very phosphorescent. Excellent food fish. Marketed fresh and dried or salted; consumed pan-fried (Ref. 9987).

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Whitehead, P.J.P., 1984. Harpadontidae. In W. Fischer and G. Bianchi (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Western Indian Ocean fishing area 51. Vol. 2. [pag. var.]. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 3417)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Near Threatened (NT) (A2d); Date assessed: 28 June 2018

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Pesquerías: muy comercial

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 16.8 - 26, mean 21.2 (based on 405 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00417 (0.00323 - 0.00537), b=3.14 (3.07 - 3.21), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278): 4.1 ±0.74 se; based on food items.

Resiliencia (Ref. 120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (K=0.18-0.9; Fec=89,600).

Prior r = 1.16, 95% CL = 0.77 - 1.75, Based on 5 data-limited stock assessments.

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (26 of 100).

Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): Moderate to high vulnerability (53 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Low.

Harpadon nehereus (Hamilton, 1822)