Family : Hemiramphidae (Halfbeaks) , subfamily: Hemiramphinae
Order : Beloniformes  (needle fishes)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name : Congaturi halfbeak
Fish Name : Hyporhamphus limbatus
Max size : 25.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 12693)
Environment : pelagic-neritic; potamodromous
Climate : tropical
Global Importance : fisheries: minor commercial
Resilience: High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)Distribution : Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf to China along the mainland coast of Asia. Replaced in the East Indies, Borneo, and the Philippines by Hyporhamphus neglectus and around northern Australia and southern New Guinea by Hyporhamphus neglectissimus.
Diagnosis : Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13-16; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 13-16. Greatly prolonged, beak-like lower jaw, equal to, or longer than head length; upper jaw short, triangular and scaly, its width 0.6-0.8 times in its length. Preorbital distance 1.3-2.1 times in diameter of orbit and 0.75-1.2 times in length of upper jaw. Total number of gill rakers on first gill arch 23-37. Anal fin rays 13-16; caudal fin emarginate, not strongly forked.
Biology : Coastal species. Found at surface levels of tidal freshwaters and brackish estuaries (Ref. 12693). Encountered in the Mekong as far upstream as Stung Treng and also found in the Great Lake, Cambodia (Ref. 12693). Feeds mainly on insects (Ref. 12693, 33813). Marketed fresh and dried salted
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : harmless
Coordinator : Collette, Bruce B.
Main Ref : Collette, B.B. and J. Su. 1986. (Ref. 10943)

India country information
Common Names : Congaturi halfbeak, तोळी, सुमब, കോലാന്, Gongaturi, Kawaka bachcha, Kolaan, Sarbara, Sumb, Surali-kandai, Toli, Valenciennes halfbeak
Status : native
Salinity : freshwater, brackish, marine
Uses : no uses