Scientific Name	Opisthopterus tardoore   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Cuvier, 1829)	Depth	5 - 20M
Chinese	後鰭魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鋸腹鰳科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F094　Pristigasteridae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	後鰭魚
Max Length	20 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	翹鼻魚、薄刀、眶仔
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、North、PonFu
Habitats	Estuary、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Pondicherry, India
Synonyms	Clupea indicus, Opisthopterus macrognathus, Opisthopterus tartoor, Opisthopterus tartur, Opisthopterus tartus, Pristigaster elongata, Pristigaster indicus, Pristigaster tardoore, Pristigaster tartoor, Pristogaster elongata
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)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 張世義 編著 2001
Specimen List	FRIP03202. NMMBP04931. NMMBP04932. NTUM00116Paratype.
Common Name	Tardoore; Indian shad; Herring; Long-finned herring
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body elongate and strongly compressed; belly convex in front, with 29 to 35 scutes. Eye large. Lower jaw projecting; mouth pointing obliquely upward; lower gill rakers on first gill arch 22 to 28, increasing with size of fish. Scales easily lost, about 46 to 51 in lateral series. Pectoral fin usually about equal to head length or greater; dorsal fin small, well behind midpoint of body; anal fin long, its origin well before dorsal fin origin. A dark spot on body posterior to gill opening.
habitats	Found close to shore and also entering estuaries. Ascends rivers into the tidal zone. Feeds on mysids, Pseudodiaptomus and copepod eggs, also prawns and other small crustaceans, bivalve eggs and larvae, amphipods and small fishes. Spawns in late February
Distribution	Distributed in tropical waters of Indo-West Pacific from the Gulf of Oman to at least Madras, perhaps to the north and along the coasts of Burma, certainly at Penang, Singapore, Java Sea, Thailand, South China Sea and Taiwan. It found in western and nort
Utility	Marketed fresh, dried, dried-salted, boiled, or made into fish balls.