Scientific Name	Iso flosmaris   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Jordan & Starks, 1901	Depth	0 - 2M
Chinese	浪花魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	背手銀漢魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F247　Notocheiridae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	浪花銀漢魚
Max Length	5 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	沙丁魚
Distribution in World	North West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	North
Habitats	Coral、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Japan
Synonyms
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fish of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)  Jordan, D. S. etc. 1901 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Kim, Y.U. etc. 1997 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0054956. NMNSF00877. NTUM06429. SIO90-152f. USNM00220176.
Common Name	Surf sardine
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body strongly compressed and deepest at pectorals. Head short, its length contained 1.2 times in body depth. Dorsal edge of opercle with notch and small process above it. Mouth small, oblique. Teeth in jaws in single row, covering about half free edge of premaxilla. Teeth present or absent on vomer, always present on basihyal, but absent on palatines. First dorsal fin with IV to VI small, weak spines; second dorsal fin with I spine and 13 to 17 soft rays; anal fin with I spine and 21 to 27 soft rays. Body scales small, cycloid; area between head and first dorsal fin, sides of head, and abdomen naked. Midlateral scales about 60. Body translucent with side of body silvery; broad silvery midlateral band terminating in small oval spot before caudal-fin base.
habitats	Found near shore and in tide pools.
Distribution	Distributed in the Northwest Pacific including northern Taiwan and Japan.
Utility	No commercial value.