Scientific Name	Sardinella hualiensis   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Chu & Tsai, 1958)	Depth	0 - 50M
Chinese	花蓮小沙丁魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鯡科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F097　Clupeidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	花蓮小沙丁魚
Max Length	12.5 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	花蓮小沙丁、青鱗仔、鰮仔、沙丁魚、扁仔、扁鰮、臭肉鰮(臺東)
Distribution in World	Taiwan to South China Sea	Distribution in Taiwan	East
Habitats	Ocean、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Hualien, Taiwan
Synonyms	Harengula hualiensis, Sardinella brachysoma
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. 1985 Shen, S. C. etc. 1991 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 張世義 編著 2001
Specimen List	ASIZP0059477. ASIZP0060879. ASIZP0060976. ASIZP0062102. ASIZP0064808. ASIZP0066238. ASIZP0066242. ASIZP0066278. ASIZP0070298. ASIZP0075098. ASIZP0080571. ASIZP0800306. ASIZP0801005. ASIZP0801006. ASIZP0801007. ASIZP0900022. ASIZP0911005. ASIZP0911006. ASIZP0911007. BMNH1979.3.21.321-322. BMNH1979.3.21.323-325. BMNH1979.3.21.326. BMNH1979.3.21.327. BMNH1979.3.21.328-330. BMNH1979.3.21.331. BMNH1979.3.21.332. BPBMI23190. FRIP22449. NMMBP04469. NTMP0151. NTUM07567. NTUM07568. NTUM07569.
Barcode	2008-03-24,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100% 2012-01-08,柯慧玲,CO1,100%
Common Name	Taiwan sardinella
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body moderately slender, depth usually 29 to 34% of standard length; abdomen with sharply-keeled prepelvic and postpelvic scutes ; total scutes 30 to 32. Vertical striae of scales overlapping or sometimes continuous at center of scale, numerous small perforations on hind part of scale. Lower gill rakers on first gill arch 44-63. Pelvic fins with i unbranched and 7 branched soft rays. Body dorsum blue-green, flanks silvery; a dark spot at dorsal-fin origin; tips of caudal fin jet black.
habitats	Forms schools in coastal waters.
Distribution	Distributed in eastern Taiwanese waters, possibly south to Hong Kong.
Utility	Marketed fresh, dried, dried-salted, as bait, or made into fish meals.