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Scientific Name: Hyporamphus limbatus (Valenciennes, 1847)
English Name: Congaturi halfbeak
Local/Bangla Name: Ek thuita (এক ঠুইটা), Ek thota (এক ঠোটা)
Photo: Ratmuangkhwang S (Fishbase)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Beloniformes
Family: Hemiramphidae
Description:
The fish has an elongated, cylindrical to compressed body with a greatly elongated lower jaw. The upper jaw is short, triangular, slightly broader than long, and has a mesial keel. Both jaws are lined with villiform teeth arranged in multiple rows. The dorsal fin originates opposite the anal fin, with its base approximately equal to that of the anal fin. The pelvic fins originate about midway between the posterior edge of the eye and the base of the caudal fin. The caudal fin is deeply forked, with the lower lobe longer than the upper lobe. There are 50-52 lateral scales. The body coloration is silvery or yellowish-white, with a brilliant silvery lateral band that is broader towards the rear.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Inhabits coastal waters, estuaries. It moves in the upper region of water bodies and found mostly in the water currents of big rivers.
Environment:
Marine, Freshwater, Brackish (Pelagic-neritic; potamodromous)
Main References:
Rahman AKA 2005 Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, 2nd ed., Zool. Soc. Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, xviii + 394 pp.
Other References:
Siddiqui KU, Islam MA, Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Ahmed ATA, Rahman AKA 2005 Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, 2nd ed., Zool. Soc. Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, xviii + 394 pp. AKA, Haque EU, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondker M, Rahman AKA 2005 Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, 2nd ed., Zool. Soc. Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, xviii + 394 pp. MM (eds.) 2007 Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 23. Freshwater Fishes. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka 300 pp.
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