''Dussumieria'' is the genus of rainbow sardines, a group within the round herring family

Dussumieriidae Dussumieriidae is a family of clupeiform fishes popularly called the "round herrings". It is now recognized by FishBase as a family in its own right; it had been considered to be a subfamily of Clupeidae. It contains two extant genera, and some ...

. They are found in Indo-Pacific.

Species

The following is a list of currently accepted living ''Dussumieria'' species: * ''

Dussumieria acuta The rainbow sardine (''Dussumieria acuta''), also known as common sprat, dwarf round herring, rainbow herring, and sharpnosed sprat, is a bony fish important to aquaculture and commercial fisheries. Description The color of the rainbow sardine i ...

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, 1847 (Rainbow sardine) * ''

Dussumieria albulina ''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 a ...

'' Fowler, 1934 (Lancer rainbow sardine) * ''

Dussumieria apollo ''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 acu ...

'' Hata, Lavoué, Appleyard & Pogonoski, 2025 (Australian rainbow sardine) * ''

Dussumieria elopsoides The slender rainbow sardine (''Dussumieria elopsoides'') is a small, subtropical, salt water fish of the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea which was first described by Pieter Bleeker, Bleeker in 1849. ''Dussumieria hasselti'' and ''Dussumieri ...

'' Bleeker, 1849 (Slender rainbow sardine) * ''

Dussumieria hasselti The slender rainbow sardine (''Dussumieria elopsoides'') is a small, subtropical, salt water fish of the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea which was first described by Bleeker in 1849. ''Dussumieria hasselti'' and ''Dussumieria productissima ...

'' Bleeker, 1851 (Hasselt's rainbow sardine) * ''

Dussumieria modakandai ''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 a ...

'' Singh, Jayakumar, Kumar, Murali, Mishra, Singh & Lal, 2022 (Soft rainbow sardine) * '' Dussumieria productissima'' Chabanaud, 1933 (Javelin rainbow sardine) * ''

Dussumieria torpedo ''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 a ...

'' Hata, Lavoué & Motomura, 2021 (African rainbow sardine) The earliest known fossil species is '' D. elami'' Arambourg, 1967 from the ?

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References

Dussumieriidae Marine fish genera Taxa named by Achille Valenciennes {{Clupeiformes-stub