Question

Bombay duck is
(a) Bird
(b) Fish
(c) Reptile
(d) Mammal

Answer 1

Hint: The Bombay duck is found in native to the waters in and around Mumbai. Fiendishly ugly, it is gelatinous and pink-skinned with a gaping maw. It has fins for swimming and gills for respiration.

Complete answer
This charmingly misnamed delicacy is a fish. So, Bombay duck or Harpadon nehereus belongs to the family Synodontidae which is found in estuaries of northern India. In that area it is widely used as a food fish and, when dried it is used as a condiment. The Bombay duck grows to a length of about 41 cm (16 inches) and is a dull, translucent gray or brown with small, dark speckles. Also, morphologically it has a large mouth, a forked tail, and large pectoral and pelvic fins.
1) Several related species, also belonging to the genus Harpadon, are found from Africa to Australia and New Guinea.
2) It has been banned because the European Commission only allows fish imports from India from approved freezing and canning factories. Bombay Duck is not produced in factories.
3) The clinical nutritionist said, “Bombay duck” contains an exceptionally high protein content but very low-fat content.
4) This fish is also known as "strange fish” because of its discontinuous distribution along the Indian coast.
5) The most famous explanation for this name is the one set out by Indian-born, British-Parsi writer, Farrukh Dhondy, in his book ‘Bombay Duck’. He said that the name, ’Bombay Duck’ came from the British mail trains that huffed odoriferous orders of dried fish from the city to the interior of India and therefore known as “Bombay Dak” (The word dak means “mail”).
So, the correct answer is, ’fish’.

Note: The Bombay Duck fish are found generally in the Indo-Pacific region of the tropical areas. In certain areas of India and BangladeshThe Bombay Duck fish is a popular food item. Fresh fish are generally fried or cooked in curry. It is very tasty and generally marketed fresh, dried, or salted.