Harpadon translucens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Synodontoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Section: Aulopa Ordo: Aulopiformes Subordo: Synodontoidei

Familia: Synodontidae
Genus: Harpadon
Species: Harpadon translucens

Name

Harpadon translucens Saville-Kent, 1889: 222, 234, Pl. 13 (fig. 2)

Lectotype: AMS I.2772. Lectotype designated by Whitley, 1937: 121. Paralectotypes: AMS I.2773 (1).

Type locality: Ord River, Cambridge Gulf, northern Australia.

References

• Saville-Kent, W. 1889. Preliminary observations on a natural history collection made in connection with the surveying cruise of H. M. S. "Myrmidon," at Port Darwin and Cambridge Gulf in ... 1888. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 6(pt 5): 219–240, Pl. 13.
• Hoese, D.F., Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E. & Bray, D.J. 2006. Harpadontinae (pp. 472–476), Carapidae (551–555), Ophidiidae (556–566). In: Zoological Catalogue of Australia. 35. Fishes.
• Harpadon translucens in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Glassy Bombay duck