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Hyporhamphus limbatus (Valenciennes, 1847)

Congaturi halfbeak
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Common names: Congaturi halfbeak, Gongaturi, Kawaka bachcha
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Found in coastal waters of India (Ref. 45255). Recorded from Chilka Lake (Ref. 29108), Coromandel coast and Malabar (Ref. 43640) and Godavari estuary (Ref. 51036). Also Ref. 6041. Status of threat: Data deficient in Western Ghats (Ref. 50614).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran, 1991
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Demi-bec congsturi, Agujeta congaturí, Jolong birai hitam, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Beloniformes (Needle fishes) > Hemiramphidae (Halfbeaks)
Etymology: Hyporhamphus: Greek, hypo = under + Greek, rhamphos = beak, bill (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Valenciennes.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; pelagic-neritic; potamodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - ? m.   Tropical

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