Family : Hemiramphidae (Halfbeaks) , subfamily: Zenarchopterinae
Order : Beloniformes  (needle fishes)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name :
Fish Name : Dermogenys brachynotopterus
Max size :
Environment : pelagic
Climate : tropical
Global Importance : fisheries: of no interest
Resilience: High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)Distribution : Eastern Indian Ocean: Hooghly estuary in West Bengal, India. Has not been recorded since its original discovery.
Diagnosis :
Biology : Found in estuaries
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : harmless
Coordinator : Collette, Bruce B.
Main Ref : Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran. 1991. (Ref. 4833)

India country information
Common Names : Gangetic halfbeak
Status : native
Salinity : brackish
Uses : no uses