WoRMS taxon details
Dussumieria acuta Valenciennes, 1847
126419 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126419)
accepted
Species
Clupea flosmaris Richardson, 1846 · unaccepted
Dussumiera acuta Valenciennes, 1847 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Elops javanicus Valenciennes, 1847 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1847). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome vingtième. Livre vingt et unième. De la famille des Clupéoïdes. Hist. Nat. Poiss. v. 20: i-xviii + 1 p. + 1-472, Pls. 591-606. [details]
Description Mainly an inshore species. Earlier studies on the habitat and biology may have equally referred to @D. elopsoides@ which...
Description Mainly an inshore species. 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 <111>. Widely distributed in the Indian and Pacific oceans <360>. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Dussumieria acuta Valenciennes, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126419 on 2026-06-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1847). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome vingtième. Livre vingt et unième. De la famille des Clupéoïdes. Hist. Nat. Poiss. v. 20: i-xviii + 1 p. + 1-472, Pls. 591-606. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Mainly an inshore species. 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 <111>. Widely distributed in the Indian and Pacific oceans <360>. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | rainbow sardine | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (54 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Dussumiera acuta Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (51 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Elops javanicus Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Clupea flosmaris Richardson, 1846)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dussumieria acuta)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Elops javanicus Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Dussumiera acuta Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea flosmaris Richardson, 1846)
To GenBank (79 nucleotides; 73 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Dussumieria acuta P16397 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Dussumieria acuta P16397a illustration)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Dussumiera acuta Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (51 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Elops javanicus Valenciennes, 1847)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Clupea flosmaris Richardson, 1846)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dussumieria acuta)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Elops javanicus Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Dussumiera acuta Valenciennes, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Clupea flosmaris Richardson, 1846)
To GenBank (79 nucleotides; 73 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Dussumieria acuta P16397 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Dussumieria acuta P16397a illustration)
To PESI
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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Hosted externally
