Scientific Name	Setipinna tenuifilis   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Valenciennes, 1848)	Depth	0 - 30M
Chinese	黃鯽	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鯷科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F095　Engraulidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	黃鯽
Max Length	22 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	絲翅鰶、毛口、突臭仔、油扣、刺仔
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、North、PonFu
Habitats	Estuary、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Irwaddy River at Rangoon, Myanmar
Synonyms	Engraulis tenuifilis, Setipinna gilberti, Setipinna godavari, Setipinna godavariensis, Setipinna papuensis, Setipinna taty, Setipinna tenuifilis tenuifilis
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., G. J. Nelson etc. 1988 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 張世義 編著 2001
Specimen List	ASIZP0054785. ASIZP0060299. ASIZP0063666. ASIZP0073537. ASIZP0074524. ASIZP0078556. ASIZP0079033. ASIZP0080085. ASIZP0080300. ASIZP0700328. ASIZP0805631. ASIZP0805632. ASIZP0806086. ASIZP0901267. ASIZP0916086. FRIP01027. FRIP01028. FRIP01029. MTP0088. NMMBP05127. NMMBP05210. NMMSTP00922. NTMP0294. NTOU-AE6236. NTOU-AE6237. NTUM03563. NTUM03564. NTUM03565.
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Common Name	Common hairfin anchovy; Hairfin anchovy; Hair-fin anchovy
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body strongly compressed, abdomen with complete series of keeled scutes from isthmus to anus; 18 to 20 prepelvic and 7 (sometimes 8) postpelvic scutes; total number of scutes 25 to 27. A small spine-like scute just anterior to dorsal-fin origin. Mouth slightly oblique. Lower gill rakers on first gill arch 13 to 17. Dorsal-fin moderately long, its origin about at body midpoint, between verticals through fourth and sixth anal-fin rays. Anal fin long, with iii unbranched and 46 to 56 branched fin rays, its origin anterior to vertical through dorsal-fin origin. Pectoral fins with first fin ray produced as a long filament which reaches posteriorly to base of first to 31st anal-fin ray, total pectoral-fin rays 11 to 13 (mostly 12). Upper lobe of caudal fin not noticeably shorter than lower lobe. Pelvic fins not reaching posteriorly to anus. Head gold, body yellow and stippled above; silver-white below; charcoal borders on scales along dorsal profile; dorsal and caudal fins yellow, stippled charcoal; heavy stippling on borders of fins; anal, pectoral, and pelvic fins pale yellow.
habitats	Presumably schooling and occurring mostly in coastal waters, but also entering estuaries. Feeds on prawn, copepods, crustacean larvae, mollusks and fishes.
Distribution	Eastern Indian Ocean: northern and eastern Bay of Bengal coasts, including the Andaman Islands; perhaps southward from the Godavari river. Western Pacific: northern coast of Australia, Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819), Gulf of Papua, Sarawak, presumably the Philip
Utility	Feeds on prawns, copepods, crustacean larvae, molluscs, and fishes.