TaiBNET

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Clupeiformes
Family Engraulidae
Genus Encrasicholina
Encrasicholina punctifer Fowler, 1938

Provider:

Kwang-Tsao Shao

Synonyms：

Anchoviella zollingeri, Stolephorus buccaneeri, Stolephorus buccaneri, Stolephorus punctifer, Stolephorus zolengeri, Stolephorus zollingeri

Citation:

臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993);

中國動物誌-鱘形目;

海鰱目;

鯡形目及鼠鱚目(張, 2001)

Character:

Body nearly cylindrical, abdomen rounded, with 3 to 6 (usually 4 or 5, rarely 2 or 7) sharp needle-like pre-pelvic scutes. Maxilla tip blunt, scarcely projecting beyond second supra-maxilla, not reaching to front border of pre-operculum. Isthmus short, preceded by small fleshy plate on urohyal between branchial membranes. Lower gill rakers on first gill arch usually 23 to 26. Unbranched dorsal and anal-fin rays iii; anal fin short, with usually 13 or 14 branched fin rays, its origin posterior to vertical through base of posteriormost dorsal-fin ray. Scales moderate, about 39 to 43 in lateral series. Body pale cream (when scales lost), with a bright silver lateral stripe along flanks.

Habitat:

A schooling species found inshore and in oceanic waters, hundreds of miles from land. Sometimes entering large atoll lagoons or deep, clear bays.

Distribution:

Very widespread in tropical and subtropical waters of Indo-Pacific, from Red Sea and Persian Gulf south to perhaps Durban in South Africa, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, and probably Burma. Also from southern Japan to China, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia

Utility:

Marketed fresh, dried, dried-salted, or made into fish meal, fish sauce, or fish balls.

Name Code:

380975

IUCN Red List:LC

Marine