Hyporhamphus limbatus

Congaturi Halfbeak - Ek Thota - Native Fish - Wild (Freshwater)

view: Lateral [Hossain, 2019]

Systematic Position: [2]

Kingdom	:	Animalia
Phylum	:	Chordata
Class	:	Teleostei
Order	:	Beloniformes
Family	:	Hemiramphidae
Genus	:	Hyporhamphus
Species	:	Hyporhamphus limbatus

Common Names:

English	:	Congaturi Halfbeak[729]
Bangla	:	Ek Thota[5] Ek Thuita[5] Subol kaikka[729] Ekthuti[729] Ekthute[729]

Synonyms:

Data not available

Maximum Length and Weight:

153 mm (TL) ^[5]

Inter-Length Relationship:

Head length : Total length : Standard length = 1 : 2.9-3.2 : 2.5-2.8 ^[5]
Body height : Total length : Standard length = 1 : 11-12 : 10-11 ^[5]
Head length : Eye diameter = 1 : 8-10 ^[5]
Eye Diameter : Snout length = 1 : 1.3-1.6 ^[5]
Eye Diameter : Inter orbial width = 1 : 1 ^[5]
Inter orbial width : Eye Diameter = 1 : 1 ^[5]

Taxonomic Formula:

D. 13-14; P₁. 10; P₂. 6; A. 13-14 ^{[Rahman, 2005]}
D 12-16; A 13-16; P i 10-11; V i 5 ^{[Talwar and Jhingran, 1991]}
D 12-16; A 13-16; P i 10-11; V i 5 ^{[Talwar and Jhingran, 1991]}

Scales:

Unknown. 50-52 scales on lateral line. 33 scales before dorsal fin base. 5 scales between origin of dorsal fin and lateral line. 2 scales between origin of anal fin and lateral line. [5]

Chemistry:

Data not available

Conservation Status:

Global	:	Least Concern (LC)	(Version 3.1) [573]
Bangladesh	:	Least Concern (LC)	(Version 3.1) [279]

Occurrence/Distribution:

Global	:	Andaman Island[746] Bahrain[895] Cambodia[761] China[1012] Hong Kong[868] India[6] Kuwait[895] Malaysia[918] Myanmar[6] Nepal[844] Pakistan[1012] Qatar[895] Saudi Arabia[895] Sri Lanka[1012] Taiwan[920] Thailand[761] United Arab Emirates[895] Vietnam[714]
Bangladesh	:	Chalan beel, Natore[490] Halda River, Chittagong Hill Tracts[598] Sunamganj haor region, Sunamganj[729] Passur River, Khulna[752] Sangu river, Chattogram[811] Punarbhaba, Dinajpur[1161]

Habitat and Environment:

Habitat: Data not available

Environment:

Parameters	Units	Minimum	Maximum	Optimum	Ref.
Temperature	-	-	-	-	-
pH	-	-	-	-	-
DO	-	-	-	-	-
Free CO2	-	-	-	-	-

Breeding Maturity:

Data not available

Breeding Season: (red background)

Data not available

Fecundity:

Data not available

Food and Feeding Habit:

Diet composition (%): Data not available

Importance:

Production and Marketing:
Production/Harvesting Season: Data not available
Harvesting Gears: Data not available
Market price: Data not available