Engraulidae

Shorthead hairfin anchovy

Setipinna breviceps

Engraulid Fish beneath the Indian Ocean

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Pacific Ocean
• South Asia
• Southeast Asia
• Elongated
• Compressed cross-section
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Shorthead hairfin anchovy is known from Western Central Pacific as a migratory fish. It occurs in estuaries and brackish water.