Scientific Name	Thryssa setirostris   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Broussonet, 1782)	Depth	10 - 13M
Chinese	長頜稜鯷	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鯷科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F095　Engraulidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	長頜稜鯷
Max Length	18 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	長吻劍鰶、突鼻仔、含西、臭肉仔(臺東)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、North、PonFu
Habitats	Estuary、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Near Tana Island [Tanna Island, Vanuatu, southwestern Pacific]
Synonyms	Clupea mystacina, Clupea seticornis, Clupea setirostris, Engraulis setirostris, Scutengraulis setirostris, Thrissa setirostris, Thrissocles setirostris, Thryssa macrognathos
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	AMNH38192. ASIZP0056975. ASIZP0058342. ASIZP0062386. ASIZP0063651. ASIZP0900305. ASIZP0901257. CAS53194. FRIP01133. FRIP21023. NMMBP02817. NMMBP05078. NMMBP05150. NMMBP05179. NMMBP05196. NMMSTP00495. NMNSF00482. NMNSF01244. NMNSF01292. NTUM00007Paratype. NTUM02018. NTUM03578. NTUM06154. NTUM08611.
Common Name	Long-horned anchovy; Longjaw thryssa; Long-jaw anchovy; Longjaw glassnose
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body fairly compressed, snout bluntly rounded; abdomen with 16 to 18 prepelvic and 9 or 10 postpelvic scutes; total 25 to 28 scutes. Maxilla very long (increasing with size of fish), reaching posteriorly at least to tip of pectoral fins, usually to pelvic-fin base, or even to anal-fin origin. Teeth small or minute, not canine-like. Lower gill rakers on first gill arch 10 to 12. Head with gold tints over pale blue; body silver white, bluish grey above; a diffuse patch of horizontal wavy grey or charcoal lines on shoulder posterior to upper part of gill opening; dorsal and caudal fins dusky to deep yellow, borders charcoal; anal fin deep yellow or white; pectoral and pelvic fins pale yellow.
habitats	Presumably schooling occurring mostly close inshore and entering bays and estuaries. Feeds mainly on crustaceans (amphipods, zoae larvae, Acetes).
Distribution	Commonly distributed in tropical and subtropical coastal waters of Indo-West Pacific from Gulf of Oman south to Port Alfred, no records from the Red Sea and Madagascar; coasts of Pakistan, India, probably Burma; Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines to Taiwan;
Utility	Marketed fresh, dried, dried-salted, or made into fish meal, fish sauce, or fish balls.