Taiwan Fish Database

Scientific Name

Engraulis japonicus

Pronounce

by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS

Author

Temminck & Schlegel, 1846

Depth

0 - 200M

Chinese

日本鯷

Poisonous Fish

Family_Chinese

鯷科

Economic Fish

Yes

Family

F095　Engraulidae

Edible Fish

Yes

Chinese In Mainland China

日本鯷

Max Length

18 cm

Aquarium Fish

Common Name

苦蚵仔、鰯仔、片口、鱙仔、姑仔、黑鱙、苦蠔仔(澎湖)、厚殼鱙(澎湖)

Distribution in World

Australia

Distribution in Taiwan

East、West、South、North、North East

Habitats

Ocean、Coastal

Holotype Locality

Japan

Synonyms

Atherina japonica, Engraulis capensis, Engraulis japonica, Engraulis zollingeri, Engraulus japonicus, Stolephorus celebicus, 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)

Eduardo, F.B. 1985

Whitehead, P. J. P., G. J. Nelson etc. 1988

高翠萍 1992

沈世傑編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993

Specimen List

ASIZP0075947. ...List all 168 records...

Barcode

2008-03-25,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100%

2012-01-02,柯慧玲,CO1,100%

2014-10-30,Kwang-Tsao Shao,CO1,100%

2015-11-01,Yu-Ming Shih,CO1,100%

Common Name

Southern African anchovy; Cape anchovy; Anchovy; Japanese anchovy

Redlist Status

Not in IUCN Redlist

Characteristic

Body slender, elongate, oval in cross-section and little compressed, depth about 6 times in standard length. No pre- or postpelvic scutes; pelvic scute with ascending arms present. maxilla short, tip blunt, reaching posteriorly almost to anterior border of preopercle; not projecting beyond tip of second supramaxilla; anterior tip of lower jaw only reaching to vertical through nostril. Lower gill rakers on first gill arch 26 to 30. Dorsal-fin origin just posterior to midpoint of body. Anal fin short, with iii unbranched and 14 to 16 branched fin rays, its origin well posterior to vertical through base of posteriormost dorsal-fin ray. Body brownish or greenish above, silvery white below with a broad silver stripe along flank, becoming paler with age; all fins hyaline; caudal fin pale yellow.

habitats

Occurs in large schools near the surface, mainly in coastal waters but as far out as over 1,000 km from the shore. Tends to move more northward and inshore in spring and summer. Juveniles associate with drifting seaweed. Feeds on copepods, but also on oth

Distribution

Distributed in Western Pacific Ocean, from southern Sakhalin Islands, Sea of Japan and Pacific coasts of Japan, and south to almost to Taiwan. It is very common in all Taiwanese waters, expecially in northern part.

Utility

Marketed fresh and salted, processed into fishmeal and oil