Scientific Name	Sardinella zunasi   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Bleeker, 1854)	Depth	5 - 50M
Chinese	錘氏小沙丁魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鯡科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F097　Clupeidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	青鱗小沙丁魚
Max Length	13 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	錘氏小沙丁、青鱗仔、鰮仔、沙丁魚、扁仔、扁鰮
Distribution in World	Japan to Taiwan	Distribution in Taiwan	West、North、PonFu
Habitats	Ocean、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Nagasaki, Japan
Synonyms	Clupea zunasi, Harengula zunashi, Harengula zunasi, Sardinella zunasis
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	ASIZP0074726. ASIZP0806462. ASIZP0916462. NMMBP05401. NMNSF00580. NMNSF00893. NTMP0610. NTMP0697. NTUM00122.
Barcode	2014-10-30,Kwang-Tsao Shao,CO1,100%
Common Name	Scaled sardine; Japanese sardinella
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body moderately slender, depth usually 24 to 33% of standard length; abdomen with sharply-keeled prepelvic and postpelvic scutes ; total scutes 29 to 32. Vertical striae on scales overlapping or continuous (discontinuous in S. fimbriata and S. albella), only a few small perforations on hind part of scale. Lower gill rakers on first gill arch 42-58(usually less 55). Pelvic fins with i unbranched and 7 branched soft rays. Body dorsum blue-green, flanks silvery; no dark spot at dorsal-fin origin.
habitats	Found near shore, including semi-enclosed sea areas, on sandy mud bottom. Forms schools in coastal waters.
Distribution	Western Pacific from southern coasts of Japan south to about Taiwan. It found in western and northern Taiwanese waters, and Penghu Is..
Utility	Marketed fresh, dried, dried-salted.