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First Record of Congaturi Halfbeak, Hyporhamphus limbatus (Valenciennes 1847) from Siang River, Arunachal Pradesh, India (Teleostei: Hemiramphidae)

Kento Kadu

Asian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Research · pp. 65–73 · Published 20 Jan 2026

10.9734/ajfar/2026/v28i11053

Abstract

Hyporhamphus limbatus (Valenciennes) a congaturi halfbeak, belongs to the order Beloniformes and family Hemiramphidae and was originally described from Malabar coast of India by Cuvier and Valenciennes (1847). The species is euryhaline as well as potamodromous in nature. It has been reported from coastal brackish, fresh water rivers such as Ganges in India but it was never being reported from the Brahmaputra drainage or any rivers of Arunachal Pradesh. The present paper deals with the first record of Hyporhamphus limbatus from the Siang river of Arunachal Pradesh and extends the known distribution of geographical distribution towards far northeastern part of India.

First record range extension Hyporhamphus limbatus Siang river Arunachal Pradesh

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