Toki

Name : Hemiramphus lutkei

Class : Actinopterygii

Order : Beloniformes

Family : Hemiramphidae

Description :

Dorsal soft rays 12-15; Anal soft rays 10-13; Vertebral count 52-57. Greatly prolonged, beak-like lower jaw; upper jaw short, triangular and without scales; preorbital ridge absent; total number of gill rakers on first gill arch 33-46; pectoral fins long, reaching beyond anterior margin of nasal pit when folded forward; no spots or vertical bars on sides

Size

Maximum length : 28.7 cm (TL); common length : 18-22 cm (TL)

Diet

Feeds on plankton and small fishes, invertebrates

Utilization

Marketed as fresh and dry salted

Gears

Gillnet, trawl, drag net, bag net