Harpadon nehereus, Bombay-duck : fisheries

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Harpadon nehereus (Hamilton, 1822)

Bombay-duck
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Indonesia country information

Common names: Acang-acang, Acang-acang, Acang-acang
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: FAO, 1994
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Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Ranges from southwest Sumatra to Bali Strait (Ref. 5978). Museum: BMNH 1984.1.1.31 (TGT (PJPW)502).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/id.html
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Main Ref: Aglen, A., L. Føyn, O.R. Godø, S. Myklevoll and O.J. Østvedt, 1981
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > 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 Ecology

Marine; brackish; benthopelagic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 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 / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?, range 13 - ? cm
Max length : 61.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 43449); common length : 25.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 30573)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 13; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 13 - 15. Scales restricted to posterior half of the body. Posterior tip of pectoral fin reaching origin of pelvic fin.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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: Version 2025-1)

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

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: highly commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 16.8 - 26, mean 21.2 °C (based on 405 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5078   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00417 (0.00321 - 0.00541), b=3.14 (3.07 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.1   ±0.74 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 1.5 (1.1 - 2.1) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 10 growth studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (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.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 58.7 [27.2, 166.1] mg/100g; Iron = 0.333 [0.155, 0.934] mg/100g; Protein = 12.3 [10.2, 15.6] %; Omega3 = 0.0747 [, ] g/100g; Selenium = 28 [12, 74] μg/100g; VitaminA = 8.22 [2.60, 29.21] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.368 [0.246, 0.916] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.