Slender Sardine, Dussumieria elopsoides Bleeker 1849

Other Names: Rainbow Round Herring, Slender Rainbow Sardine, Van Hasselt's Sprat

A Slender Sardine, Dussumieria elopsoides, from Narra, Palawan, Philippines, September 2017. Source: Rodolfo B. Reyes / FishBase. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial

Summary:

A silvery sardine with a bluish-green back becoming almost white below.

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Bray, D.J. 2018, Dussumieria elopsoides in Fishes of Australia, accessed 19 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/3980

Slender Sardine, Dussumieria elopsoides Bleeker 1849

More Info

Distribution	Port Hedland, Northwest Shelf, Western Australia, to Townsville, Queensland. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific.
Features	Dorsal fin 18–21; Anal fin 15–17; Pectoral fin 14–15; Pelvic fin 8; Lower gill rakers 21–32. Body elongated, cylindrical, slender (16–22% SL); belly rounded without prepelvic or postpelvic scutes. Premaxillae rectangular; branchiostegal rays numerous (13–18). Scales cycloid with numerous tiny radiating striae posteriorly.
Feeding	Feeds on zooplankton, including crustaceans and smaller fishes.
Species Citation	Dussumieria elopsoides Bleeker 1849, Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen 22: 12. Type locality: Java.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2018
Resources	Australian Faunal Directory

Slender Sardine, Dussumieria elopsoides Bleeker 1849

References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls.

Bleeker, P. 1849. Bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van het eiland Madura, met beschrijving van eenige nieuwe species. Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen 22: 1-16

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Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls.

Whitehead, P.J.P. 1985. FAO species catalog. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeoidei). Part 1 — Chirocentridae, Clupeidae and Pristigasteridae. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125 Vol. 7 Pt 1. pp. 1-303