''Dussumieria'' is the genus of rainbow sardines, a group within the round herring family
Dussumieriidae. They are found in Indo-Pacific.
Species
The following is a list of currently accepted living ''Dussumieria'' species:
* ''
Dussumieria acuta''
Valenciennes
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It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced ...
, 1847 (Rainbow sardine)
* ''
Dussumieria albulina''
Fowler, 1934 (Lancer rainbow sardine)
* ''
Dussumieria apollo''
Hata, Lavoué, Appleyard & Pogonoski, 2025 (Australian rainbow sardine)
* ''
Dussumieria elopsoides''
Bleeker, 1849 (Slender rainbow sardine)
* ''
Dussumieria hasselti''
Bleeker, 1851 (Hasselt's rainbow sardine)
* ''
Dussumieria modakandai''
Singh, Jayakumar, Kumar, Murali, Mishra, Singh & Lal, 2022 (Soft rainbow sardine)
* ''
Dussumieria productissima''
Chabanaud, 1933 (Javelin rainbow sardine)
* ''
Dussumieria torpedo''
Hata, Lavoué & Motomura, 2021 (African rainbow sardine)
The earliest known fossil species is ''
D. elami''
Arambourg, 1967 from the ?
Late Eocene
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of
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(
Pabdeh Formation) and potentially the
Early Oligocene
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Romania
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.
References
Dussumieriidae
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by Achille Valenciennes
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