Scientific Name	Encrasicholina punctifer   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Fowler, 1938	Depth	0 - 30M
Chinese	銀灰半稜鯷	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鯷科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F095　Engraulidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	銀灰半稜鯷
Max Length	13 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	魩仔、白鱙、刺公鯷
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、North、North East、PonFu
Habitats	Ocean、Coastal、Lagoon、Coral&Sand	Holotype Locality	Fare Bay, Huaheine Island, Society Islands [French Polynesia, South Pacific]
Synonyms	Anchoviella zollingeri, Stolephorus buccaneeri, Stolephorus buccaneri, Stolephorus punctifer, Stolephorus zolengeri, Stolephorus zollingeri
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)  Fowler, H. W. 1938 Whitehead, P. J. P., G. J. Nelson etc. 1988 高翠萍 1992 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	AMNH43478. ASIZP0062651. ASIZP0074366. ASIZP0074710. ASIZP0074936. ASIZP0075354. ASIZP0075380. ASIZP0075381. ASIZP0075503. ASIZP0075509. ASIZP0075516. ASIZP0075609. ASIZP0075849. ASIZP0075856. ASIZP0075857. ASIZP0075858. ASIZP0075860. ASIZP0075861. ASIZP0075862. ASIZP0075895. ASIZP0075896. ASIZP0075897. ASIZP0075898. ASIZP0075907. ASIZP0075927. ASIZP0075928. ASIZP0075958. ASIZP0075970. ASIZP0076080. ASIZP0076199. ASIZP0076200. ASIZP0076307. ASIZP0076308. ASIZP0076365. ASIZP0076376. ASIZP0076396. ASIZP0076421. ...List all 94 records...
Barcode	2014-10-30,Kwang-Tsao Shao,CO1,100% 2015-11-01,Yu-Ming Shih,CO1,100% 2015-11-01,Yu-Ming Shih,CO1,100%
Common Name	Oceanic anchovy; Buccaneer anchovy; Anchovy
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body nearly cylindrical, abdomen rounded, with 3 to 6 (usually 4 or 5, rarely 2 or 7) sharp needle-like pre-pelvic scutes. Maxilla tip blunt, scarcely projecting beyond second supra-maxilla, not reaching to front border of pre-operculum. Isthmus short, preceded by small fleshy plate on urohyal between branchial membranes. Lower gill rakers on first gill arch usually 23 to 26. Unbranched dorsal and anal-fin rays iii; anal fin short, with usually 13 or 14 branched fin rays, its origin posterior to vertical through base of posteriormost dorsal-fin ray. Scales moderate, about 39 to 43 in lateral series. Body pale cream (when scales lost), with a bright silver lateral stripe along flanks.
habitats	A schooling species found inshore and in oceanic waters, hundreds of miles from land. Sometimes entering large atoll lagoons or deep, clear bays.
Distribution	Very widespread in tropical and subtropical waters of Indo-Pacific, from Red Sea and Persian Gulf south to perhaps Durban in South Africa, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, and probably Burma. Also from southern Japan to China, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia
Utility	Marketed fresh, dried, dried-salted, or made into fish meal, fish sauce, or fish balls.