Scientific Name	Thryssa kammalensis   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Bleeker, 1849)	Depth	1 - 20M
Chinese	赤鼻稜鯷	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鯷科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F095　Engraulidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	赤鼻稜鯷
Max Length	8.3 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	干麥爾劍鰶、突鼻仔、含西
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、PonFu
Habitats	Coastal	Holotype Locality	Madura Straits near Kammal and Surabaya, Java, Indonesia
Synonyms	Engraulis kammalensis, Engraulis rhinorhynchos, Engraulis rhinorhyncos, Scutengraulis kammalensis, Thrissa kammalensis, Thrissocles kammalensis, Thryssa kammanensis
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
Specimen List	AMNH43477. AMNH43479. NMMSTP00952. NTUM00183. NTUM00184. NTUM00185. NTUM02180. NTUM03569. NTUM03570. NTUM03571. NTUM06415.
Common Name	Madura anchovy; Kammal thryssa
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body compressed, abdomen with 15 or 16 (rarely 17) prepelvic and 8 or 9 (rarely 7) postpelvic scutes; total number of scutes 23 to 25 (rarely 22 or 26). Maxilla moderate, reaching posteriorly just to gill opening or slightly beyond in large fishes. Teeth small or minute, not canine-like. Lower gill rakers on first gill arch 26 to 32 (usually 29 or more). A prominent but diffuse dark saddle on nape.
habitats	Presumably schooling and occurring mostly inshore. Principle prey items may be prawns and copepods, supplemented by polychaetes and amphipods.
Distribution	Distributed in coastal waters of Indo-West Pacific from Penang and Andaman coast of Thailand and southern Thailand to Singapore, southern Kalimantan, Java, Sulawesi, mainland china and Taiwan. It is common in western Taiwan and Pescadores.
Utility	Marketed fresh, dried, dried-salted, or made into fish meal, fish sauce, or fish balls.