Scientific Name	Nematalosa nasus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Bloch, 1795)	Depth	0 - 30M
Chinese	高鼻海鰶	Poisonous Fish	Yes
Family_Chinese	鯡科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F097　Clupeidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	圓吻海鰶
Max Length	22 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	扁屏仔、油魚、黃腸魚、海鯽仔
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、PonFu
Habitats	Estuary、Coastal、Lagoon、Coral&Sand	Holotype Locality	Malabar, India
Synonyms	Chatoessus altus, Chatoessus chrysopterus, Chatoessus nasus, Clupanodon nasica, Clupea nasus, Dorosoma nasus, Nematalosus nasus, Nematolosa nasus
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. 1985 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 張世義 編著 2001
Specimen List	ASIZP0058458. NMMBP05375. NMMSTP00529. NTUM03598. NTUM03599.
Common Name	Thread-finned gizzard shad; Bloch's gizzard shad; Gizzard shad; Long-ray bony bream; Long-finned gizzard shad; Hairback
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body oval, becoming deeper in larger fish, depth about 34 to 41% of standard length; abdomen fully scuted with 17 to 19 prepelvic and 11 to 13 postpelvic scutes. Upper jaw with distinct median notch when seen from in front; with a single small supramaxilla. Anterior arm of preopercle with third infraorbital bone immediately above it, no fleshy gap between. Gill rakers fine, numerous. Gill filaments fairly short at angle of first arch. Body blue-brown on back, flanks silvery, without spots; a dark spot behind gill opening.
habitats	Known from estuaries and coastal areas, occasionally ascending into the upper reaches of the tidal zone. A filter-feeder.
Distribution	Distributed in Indo-West Pacific from Gulf of Aden north to the Persian Gulf, then eastward to the Andaman Sea, South China Sea and the Philippines, and north to southern tip of Korea. It found in southwestern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	Marketed fresh, dried, dried-salted, as bait or made into fish balls or fish meals.