Interesting Facts
Common Names
Click on the language to view common names.
Common Names in Bengali:
Loitta
Common Names in Burmese:
Barega, Nga-hnat
Common Names in English:
bombay duck, Bombay duck (India), Bombay-duck
Common Names in French:
Bombay duck (Inde), Scopelidé
Common Names in Japanese:
Tenaga-mizutengu
Common Names in Javanese:
Acang-acang
Common Names in Malay:
Luli, Luli-luli, Lumek, Lumi-lumi, Uli-uli
Common Names in Polish:
Harpodon a. bombajka
Common Names in Portuguese:
Bumblim
Common Names in Spanish:
Bumalo
Common Names in Vietnamese:
Cá khoai
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Order:
Salmoniformes
()
- Suborder:
Osmeroidei
()
- Suborder:
Osmeroidei
(
- Order:
Salmoniformes
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Harpadon nehereus (Hamilton-buchanan)
Similar Species
Members of the genus Osmerus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 10 species and subspecies in this genus:
O. dentex (Pacific Rainbow Smelt) · O. elongatus (Whitebait Smelt) · O. eperlanus (Atlantic Rainbow Smelt) · O. japonicus (Japanese Smelt) · O. mordax (Atlantic Rainbow Smelt) · O. mordax dentex (Arctic Rainbow Smelt) · O. mordax mordax (American Smelt) · O. nehereus (Bombay Duck (India)) · O. spectrum (Pygmy Smelt) · O. starksi (Night Smelt)
More Info
- Search for Pictures: images.google.com
- Search for Scholarly Articles: Google Scholar
- Search using Scientific Name and Vernacular Names: All the Web | AltaVista Canada | AltaVista | Excite | Google | HotBot | Lycos
- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Further Reading
- Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum / by Albert Gu?nther. .. [Tokyo?]: Kagaku Kisho Hakkokai, Sho?wa 13 [1938]. url p. 401.
- Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia url p. 67, p. 67.
- Special bulletin / Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1892- url p. 59.
- The fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. .. by Dr. Max Weber. .. and Dr. L. F. de Beaufort Leiden, E. J. Brill ltd., 1911- url , p. 151.
- The genera of fishes. .. A contribution to the stability of scientific nomenclature. By David Starr Jordan. Stanford University, Calif., The University, 1917-20. url p. 172.
- The genera of fishes. ..: A contribution to the stability of scientific nomenclature / By David Starr Jordan. Stanford University, Calif.: The University, 1917-1920. url p. 172.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 164197
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4004757
