slender rainbow sardine

Dussumieria elopsoides

Dussumieriid Fish from the Eastern Indian Ocean

slender rainbow sardine is known from Indo-Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Herrings
Family: Dussumieriidae
Genus: Dussumieria
Maximum length: 20 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Suez and western Indian Ocean (the Persian Gulf to Mombasa; possibly to Madagascar) to China, the Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819 ) and to about Tonga. Previous records of Dussumieria acuta from northeastern Indian Ocean would refer to this species (Ref. 5978 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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