Gangetic halfbeak | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Beloniformes |
Family: | Zenarchopteridae |
Genus: | Dermogenys |
Species: | D. brachynotopterus
|
Binomial name | |
Dermogenys brachynotopterus | |
Synonyms [1] [2] | |
Hemirhamphus brachynotopterus Bleeker, 1853 |
Dermogenys brachynotopterus, the Gangetic halfbeak, is a species of viviparous halfbeak. [1] [2] [3]
The Gangetic halfbeak is native to India [1] [2] and Bangladesh. [4] Although IUCN] and FishBase state that it is only known from the holotype discovered in the Hooghly estuary in West Bengal, India, [1] [2]
IUCN postulates that Dermogenys brachynotopterus and Dermogenys burmanica could be the same species, with D. brachynotopterus having the taxonomic seniority. [1]
It is a pelagic species of fish, and inhabits the brackish waters of estuaries. [1] [2]