Slender Sardine, Dussumieria sp. [of Harutaka Hata]

Other Names: Sharp Nosed Sprat

Slender Sardine, Dussumieria elopsoides. Source: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

Summary:

A silvery sardine with a bluish-green back becoming almost white below.
This species was previously misidentified as Dussumieria elopsoides (which is endemic to Indonesia and the Philippines).

Cite this page as:

Bray, D.J. 2025, Dussumieria sp. [of Harutaka Hata] in Fishes of Australia, accessed 31 Mar 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/3980

Slender Sardine, Dussumieria sp. [of Harutaka Hata]

More Info

Distribution	Port Hedland, Northwest Shelf, Western Australia, to Townsville, Queensland. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific.
Features
Feeding	Feeds on zooplankton, including crustaceans and smaller fishes.
Species Citation
Author	Bray, D.J. 2025
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory Catalog of Fishes

Slender Sardine, Dussumieria sp. [of Harutaka Hata]

References

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

Hata, H., Lavoué, S. Appleyard, S.A. & J.J. Pogonoski, 2025. A New Species of Rainbow Sardine in the Genus Dussumieria (Teleostei: Clupeiformes: Dussumieriidae) from New Guinea and Australia, Ichthyology & Herpetology, Vol. 113, 1: 18-20. doi:10.1643/i2024023

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs. (as Dussumieria elopsoides)

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. (as Dussumieria elopsoides)