Scientific Name	Thryssa hamiltonii   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Gray, 1835	Depth	0 - 30M
Chinese	漢氏稜鯷	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鯷科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F095　Engraulidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	漢氏稜鯷
Max Length	27 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	哈氏劍鰶、突鼻仔、含西
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、North、PonFu
Habitats	Estuary、Coastal	Holotype Locality	India
Synonyms	Engraulis grayi, Engraulis nasuta, Engraulis nasutus, Scutengraulis hamiltoni, Scutengraulis hamiltonii, Stolephorus hamiltonii, Thrissa hamiltonii, Thrissocles grayi, Thrissocles hamiltonii, Thryssa hamiltoni, Thryssa mystax
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	AMNH38188. ASIZP0058346. ASIZP0059338. ASIZP0059847. ASIZP0062745. ASIZP0063672. ASIZP0064682. ASIZP0066395. ASIZP0066400. ASIZP0066454. ASIZP0070576. ASIZP0070841. ASIZP0080294. ASIZP0800472. ASIZP0801920. ASIZP0801921. ASIZP0801922. ASIZP0804827. ASIZP0807428. ASIZP0910472. ASIZP0911920. ASIZP0911921. ASIZP0911922. ASIZP0914827. ASIZP0917428. FRIP01012. NMMBP00002. NMMBP00003. NMMBP00004. NMMBP00039. NMMBP00501. NMMBP00502. NMMBP00951. NMMBP01202. NMMBP01203. NMMBP01239. NMMBP02636. ...List all 53 records...
Common Name	Hamilton's thryssa; Hamilton's anchovy
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body compressed, abdomen with 16 to 19 (rarely 15 or 20) prepelvic and 10 or 11 (rarely 9 or 12) postpelvic scutes; total number of scutes 26 to 31 (mostly 27 to 29). Tip of snout above level of eye center, usually about level of upper rim of eye. Maxilla short or moderate; first supra-maxilla small, oval. Teeth small or minute, not canine-like. Lower gill rakers on first gill arch 12 to 14 (less often 11 or 15). Head with gold tints, especially on maxilla and opercle; body silvery white, olive-grey above, with A dark blotch behind upper part of gill opening; dorsal fin dusky yellow; anal fin white; pectoral and pelvic fins pale yellow; caudal fin yellow, its upper and lower borders charcoal.
habitats	Presumably schooling, inshore and entering estuaries. Principle prey items may be prawns and copepods, supplemented by polychaetes and amphipods.
Distribution	Distributed in tropical and subtropical coastal waters of Indo-Pacific from Persian Gulf eastward to Myanmar, Andamans and Pinang; Taiwan south to Arafura Sea. It is common from the northwestern to southern parts Taiwan.
Utility	Marketed fresh, dried, dried-salted, or made into fish meal, fish sauce, or fish balls.