Kingdom Animalia Family Synodontidae Genus Harpadon Order Aulopiformes | Class Actinopterygii Phylum Chordata Rank Species | |
Similar Harpadon, Aulopiformes, Speartoothed grinner, Shortfin lizardfish | ||
Harpadon translucens (Bombay duck, glassy Bombay duck, or ghost grinner) is a species of lizardfish that lives in the mainly in the Indo-West Pacific.
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The glassy Bombay duck is known to be found in a marine environment within a slightly salty area that is found in a mixture of river water and seawater in estuaries. The glassy Bombay duck occupies itself in a demersal depth range of about 1 - 75 meters. This species is native to a tropical climate. The maximum recorded length of the glassy Bombay duck as an unsexed male is about 70 centimetres (28 in) in length. It is common to find the glassy Bombay duck distributed in the areas of Indo-West Pacific, Arafura Sea, northwestern Australia, and Papua New Guinea. This species is known to occupy bays and estuaries. Another common name for this species is the ghost grinner