Scientific Name	Stolephorus insularis   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Hardenberg, 1933	Depth	0 - 20M
Chinese	島嶼側帶小公魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鯷科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F095　Engraulidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	島嶼側帶小公魚
Max Length	8 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	巴達維印度、島嶼小公魚、魩仔
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South、PonFu
Habitats	Coastal	Holotype Locality	Java coasts and near islands of the Lingga archipelago, Bawean and Kangean archipelago, Indonesia
Synonyms	Anchoviella baganensis, Anchoviella bataviensis, Stolephorus bataviensis, Stolephorus baweanensis, Stolephorus insularis baweanensis, Stolephorus insularis oceanicus, Stolephorus macrops
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	ASIZP0062725. ASIZP0073958. ASIZP0075326. ASIZP0075367. ASIZP0075456. ASIZP0075614. ASIZP0075772. ASIZP0075871. ASIZP0075891. ASIZP0075900. ASIZP0075904. ASIZP0075909. ASIZP0075911. ASIZP0075912. ASIZP0075913. ASIZP0075922. ASIZP0075923. ASIZP0075924. ASIZP0075925. ASIZP0075926. ASIZP0075945. ASIZP0076026. ASIZP0076201. ASIZP0076242. ASIZP0076243. ASIZP0076310. ASIZP0076311. ASIZP0076758. ASIZP0076759. ASIZP0077226. ASIZP0077317. ASIZP0916426. NMMSTP00682. NMNSF00825.
Common Name	Gold estuarine anchovy; Hardenberg's anchovy
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body somewhat compressed, abdomen with 4 to 8 (usually 6 or 7) small needle-like scutes; a small pre-dorsal spine in some specimens. Maxilla tip pointed, reaching to or beyond hind border of pre-operculum, the latter concave, indented near maxilla tip. Fine teeth on upper edge of hyoid bones. Lower gill rakers on first gill arch 21 to 28 (usually 23 to 27). Anal fin short, usually with iii unbranched and 14 to 17 branched fin rays, its origin about equal with vertical through middle of dorsal-fin base. Pelvic-fin tips reaching posteriorly to a point equal with vertical through or slightly anterior to dorsal-fin origin. Scales moderate, about 36 to 38 in lateral series. A double pigment line on back behind dorsal fin; tail deep yellow.
habitats	A schooling species occurring in coastal waters.
Distribution	Very widespread in western Pacific (Gulf of Thailand eastward to Hong Kong, northern and northeastern coasts of Australia south to Mackenzie Island, Queensland; north to Caroline Islands and Mariana Islands, south to New Caledonia, and further east to Sam
Utility	Marketed fresh, dried, dried-salted, or made into fish meal, fish sauce, or fish balls.