Scientific Name	Stolephorus indicus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(van Hasselt, 1823)	Depth	0 - 20M
Chinese	印度側帶小公魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鯷科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F095　Engraulidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	印度側帶小公魚
Max Length	15.5 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	印度銀帶鰶、印度小公魚、魩仔、白骨鱙、丁香鱙、苦鱙、惡鱙
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、North、PonFu
Habitats	Coastal	Holotype Locality	Vizagapatam [Vishakhapatnam, India, eastern Indian Ocean]; Java [Indonesia]
Synonyms	Anchoviella indica, Anchoviella indicus, Anchoviella scitula, Engraulis albus, Engraulis balinensis, Engraulis brownii, Engraulis carpenteriae, Engraulis indica, Engraulis indicus, Engraulis russellii, Engraulis samaminan, Stolephorus extensus, Stolephorus indicus nanus ...all 15..
Reference	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)  Whitehead, P. J. P., G. J. Nelson etc. 1988 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	AMNH43476. ASIZP0059988. ASIZP0062875. ASIZP0073957. ASIZP0074382. ASIZP0079540. ASIZP0916425. FRIP00047. FRIP01084. NMMBP05188. NMMBP05592. NMMSTP00440. NMNSF00971. NTMP1001. NTUM00186. NTUM01780. NTUM03576. NTUM03577. NTUM03636. NTUM07847. SU7292.
Common Name	Makassar fish; Indian anchovy; Indian anhovy
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body slender, elongate, nearly round in cross-section; abdomen rounded, belly with 2 to 6 small needle-like pre-pelvic scutes. Maxilla tip pointed, reaching to or only just beyond front border of pre-operculum; hind border of pre-operculum convex, rounded. Isthmus muscle tapering evenly forward to hind border of branchial membrane. Lower gill rakers on first gill arch 20 to 28. Anal fin short, with usually iii unbranched and 16 to 18 branched fin rays, its origin at vertical through middle of dorsal-fin base. Pelvic-fin tips not reaching posteriorly to vertical through dorsal-fin origin. Scales moderate, about 38 to 42 in lateral series. Body light transparent fleshy brown, with silver stripe down flank; no dark pigment lines on back between head and dorsal fin.
habitats	A schooling species occurring in coastal waters and which appears to enter at least the estuarine parts of rivers and to tolerate brackish water. Feeds most likely on zooplankton, but more data needed. In Manila Bay, the Philippines, it migrates out into
Distribution	Widely distributed in tropical and subtropical waters of Indo-Pacific, from Red Sea and South Africa, including the Persian Gulf, Madagascar and Mauritius eastward to Hong Kong, the Arafura Sea, northern and eastern coasts of Australia and further east to
Utility	Marketed fresh, dried, dried-salted or made into fish meal, fish sauce, or fish balls.