Scientific Name	Dussumieria elopsoides   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Bleeker, 1849	Depth	10 - 20M
Chinese	黃帶圓腹鯡	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鯡科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F097　Clupeidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	黃帶圓腹鯡
Max Length	20 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	臭肉鰮、鰮仔、銀圓腹鰮、尖嘴鰮、尖頭鰮(澎湖)、砂䰳(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、North、North East、PonFu
Habitats	Ocean、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Java, Indonesia
Synonyms	Dussumieria acuta, Dussumieria elapsoides, Dussumieria elopoides, Dussumieria elopsides, Dussumieria elopsoids, Dussumieria hasselti, Dussumieria hasseltii, Dussumieria productissima
Reference	臺灣脊椎動物誌；中國動物誌-鱘形目；海鰱目；鯡形目及鼠鱚目(張, 2001)  陳兼善 1969 Whitehead, P. J. P. 1985 陳兼善 原著 于名振 增訂 1986 陳兼善 原著 于名振 增訂 1986 張世義 編著 2001
Specimen List	ASIZP0059984. ASIZP0070529. ASIZP0073610. ASIZP0075325. ASIZP0076638. ASIZP0076650. ASIZP0076651. ASIZP0076765. ASIZP0076799. ASIZP0076855. ASIZP0077078. ASIZP0077321. ASIZP0079335. ASIZP0079425. ASIZP0079478. ASIZP0080040. ASIZP0080041. ASIZP0806159. ASIZP0807359. ASIZP0807360. ASIZP0916159. ASIZP0917359. ASIZP0917360. FRIP00373. FRIP03153. FRIP03186. NMMBP00084. NMMBP04013. NMMBP04048. NMMBP04174. NMMBP04565. NTUM07598.
Barcode	2016-01-30,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,100% 2015-11-01,Yu-Ming Shih,CO1,100%
Common Name	Rainbow sardine; Round herring; Sharp-nosed sprat; Slender rainbow sardine; Van Hasselt's sprat; Hasselt's sprat
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body elongate, slender, depth usually 16 to 22% of standard length; abdomen rounded, without prepelvic and postpelvic scutes, but W-shaped pelvic scute present. Lower gill rakers on first gill arch 21 to 32. Branchiostegal rays numerous (13 to 18). Isthmus tapering evenly anteriorly, without lateral flanges or "shoulders". Pelvic-fin insertion positioned about at vertical through base of middle dorsal-fin rays. Scales in lateral series 54 to 63, mostly 56 to 60. No striae on posterior part of scales. Upper half of body iridescent greenish blue with a narrow lateral band of silvery grey and gold extending from upper operculum to caudal-fin base. Silvery white on lower flanks and abdomen; upper surface of eye and head emerald-green; snout strongly pigmented; fins pale; caudal fin dusky with dark posterior margin.
habitats	Marine, pelagic, mainly inshore fishes.
Distribution	Distributed in Indo-Pacific from Suez and western Indian Ocean to India, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand; northward to Taiwan and eastward to Caroline and Marshall Islands and perhaps also Solomon islands. It found in western and southern Taiwanese wate
Utility	Marketed fresh, may be dried or salted.