Scientific Name	Stolephorus commersonnii   Pronounce			by: Po-Feng Lee
Author	Lacepède, 1803	Depth	0 - 20M
Chinese	康氏側帶小公魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鯷科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F095　Engraulidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	康氏側帶小公魚
Max Length	10 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	孔氏銀帶鰶、孔氏小公魚、魩仔
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、PonFu
Habitats	Estuary、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Mauritius
Synonyms	Anchovia commersoniana, Anchoviella commersonii, Anchoviella holodon, Anchoviella indica, Clupea tuberculosa, Stolephorus commerrianus, Stolephorus commerson, Stolephorus commersoni, Stolephorus commersonianus, Stolephorus commersonii, Stolephorus holodon, Stolephorus indicus, Stolephorus rex ...all 13..
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 Kimura, S. etc. 1999 張世義 編著 2001
Specimen List	ASIZP0064669. ASIZP0800485. ASIZP0910485. MTP0024. NTUM08592. NTUM08593.
Barcode	2008-03-25,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100%
Common Name	Tropical anchovy; White-bait; Teri anchovy; Commerson's anchovy
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Belly slightly rounded with 0-5 small needle-like pre-pelvic scutes. Maxilla tip pointed, reaching to or a little beyond hind border of pre-operculum, the latter convex, rounded. Small teeth on hyoid bones. Isthmus muscle tapering evenly forward. Lower gill rakers usually 23 to 28. Anal fin short, usually with iii unbranched and 18 or 19 branched fin rays, its origin below posterior half of dorsal fin. Tips of pelvic-fin rays reaching posteriorly to vertical through anterior dorsal-fin rays. Scales moderate, about 35 to 38 (usually 36 or 37) in lateral series. Body light transparent fleshy brown with a pair of dark patches behind occiput, followed by a pair of lines to dorsal fin origin. Bears a silver stripe on flanks.
habitats	A schooling fish found in coastal waters, apparently entering brackish water. Occurs in Godavari estuary, India, from February to June in salinities of 19.6-32.0 ppt, but almost totally absent in subsequent flood season. Feeds on surface plankton, primari
Distribution	Broadly distributed in tropical and subtropical waters of Indo-West Pacific, from Gulf of Aden to Zanzibar, northern Madagascar and Mauritius (but not from Red Sea or Persian Gulf) eastward to Hong Kong, Taiwan and Papua New Guinea. It is common from the
Utility	Used for food and fish meal.