Dussumieria acuta, Rainbow sardine : fisheries

Dussumieria acuta Valenciennes, 1847

Rainbow sardine
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Dussumieriidae (Round herrings)
Etymology: Dussumieria: In honor of Dussumier, a collaborator of Cuvier, who sent him collections of fishes from the Indian Ocean (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Jean-Jacques Dussumier (1792–1883) was a French merchant, collector, traveller and ship owner. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Valenciennes.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; pelagic-neritic; depth range 10 - 20 m (Ref. 12260). Subtropical; 31°N - 7°S, 49°E - 126°E (Ref. 54426)

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Indo-West Pacific; Persian Gulf, north to Taiwan up to Singapore.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 188)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Mainly a pelagic inshore species (Ref. 68964). Earlier studies on the habitat and biology may have equally referred to D. elopsoides which this species closely resembles. Can also be caught with ringnets and dipnets. Occurrence reportedly reaches inland (Ref. 94476).

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Hata, H., S. Lavoué and H. Motomura, 2020. Redescriptions of Dussumieria acuta Valenciennes 1847 and Dussumieria albulina (Fowler 1934), two valid species of rainbow sardines (Clupeiformes: Dussumieriidae). Ichthyological Research 68(1):126-138. (Ref. 127773)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 21 December 2020

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: highly commercial
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