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Fried and crumbled, the fish preparation called Bombay duck became a popular condiment in Anglo-Indian cookery. [3] An 1829 book of poems and "Indian reminiscences" published under the pseudonym "Sir Toby Rendrag" notes the "use of a fish nick-named 'Bombay Duck'" [4] and the phrase is used in texts as early as 1815. [5]
Harpadon nehereus,Bombay duck Scientific classification; Domain: Eukaryota: Kingdom: Animalia: Phylum: ... The most famous member of this genus is the Bombay duck, ...
Harpadon translucens, the glassy Bombay duck, [1] is a species of lizardfish that lives mainly in the Indo-West Pacific. The glassy Bombay duck is known to be found in estuaries with a mix of salt and fresh waters. The glassy Bombay duck is found at a demersal depth range of about 1 – 75 m. This species is native to a tropical climate.
The Synodontidae or lizardfishes [note 1] are benthic (bottom-dwelling) marine and estuarine bony fishes that belong to the aulopiform fish order, a diverse group of marine ray-finned fish consisting of some 15 extant and several prehistoric families.
Harpadon nehereus (native), Bombay duck, bummalo; Harpadon squamosus (native) Harpadon translucens (native), glassy Bombay duck; Saurida gracilis (native), gracile lizardfish; Saurida isarankurai (questionable), shortjaw saury; Saurida longimanus (native), longfin lizardfish; Saurida micropectoralis (native), shortfin lizardfish
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This is a list of the breeds of domestic duck which have official recognition at national or international level. [1]Most breeds of duck derive from the wild mallard, Anas platyrhynchos, while a small minority are descendants of the Muscovy duck, Cairina moschata.
Common name Binomial name + authority IOC sequence White-faced whistling duck: Dendrocygna viduata (Linnaeus, 1766) 1 Black-bellied whistling duck: Dendrocygna autumnalis (Linnaeus, 1758) 2 Spotted whistling duck: Dendrocygna guttata Schlegel, 1866: 3 West Indian whistling duck: Dendrocygna arborea (Linnaeus, 1758) 4 Fulvous whistling duck