Is the Bombay duck a sea fish or a freshwater fish?

The Bombay duck, also known as the dragon head fish, is a rather uncommon food fish, generally found only in sea areas such as the Yellow Sea and the South China Sea, so is the Bombay duck a sea fish?

1. Is the Bombay duck a sea fish?

The Bombay duck is a sea fish. It generally inhabits sea areas with muddy sand bottoms in nearshore estuaries, and is a warm-temperate and tropical bottom-dwelling marine fish. It is mainly distributed in the nearshore waters of the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, and in China it is mainly distributed in the East China Sea, the South China Sea, the southern Yellow Sea and the waters of the Taiwan Strait.

2. What does the Bombay duck eat to grow?

The Bombay duck is a carnivorous fish, fond of eating small fish, shrimps and cephalopods; for example, small fish such as the small anchovy, Japanese anchovy, thrissocles, small sardine and the young of the large yellow croaker are its favourite foods. It generally reaches sexual maturity after one full year and spawns and develops at coastal river mouths. Adult fish generally have a body length of 250-300 mm and a body weight of about 75-150 g; the largest individual can reach a body length of 400 mm, and the caught body length is about 270 mm.

In general, the Bombay duck is a sea fish, fond of eating small fish, shrimps and so on, and is a kind of food fish in daily life.