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.[1]
The color of the rainbow sardine is iridescent blue with a shiny gold or brass line below, which quickly fades after death; the hind margin of the tail is broadly dark. The fish has a w-shaped pelvic scute; an isthmus tapering evenly forward; and more anal fin rays. There are 14 to 18 anal soft rays. The maximum length recorded is 20 cm.
rainbow, sardine, rainbow, sardine, dussumieria, acuta, also, known, common, sprat, dwarf, round, herring, rainbow, herring, sharpnosed, sprat, bony, fish, important, aquaculture, commercial, fisheries, scientific, classification, domain, eukaryota, kingdom, a. 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 1 Rainbow sardine Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Actinopterygii Order Clupeiformes Family Dussumieriidae Genus Dussumieria Species D acuta Binomial name Dussumieria acutaValenciennes 1847 Synonyms Dussumiera acuta Valenciennes 1847 Clupea flosmaris Richardson 1846 Elops javanicus Valenciennes 1847 Etrumeus albulina Fowler 1934 Contents 1 Description 2 Distribution and habitat 3 See also 4 ReferencesDescription editThe color of the rainbow sardine is iridescent blue with a shiny gold or brass line below which quickly fades after death the hind margin of the tail is broadly dark The fish has a w shaped pelvic scute an isthmus tapering evenly forward and more anal fin rays There are 14 to 18 anal soft rays The maximum length recorded is 20 cm Distribution and habitat editMarine and estuarine species the rainbow sardine can be found in Indo Pacific regions such as the Persian Gulf and perhaps south to Somalia Bangladesh Pakistan India Sri Lanka and Malaysia to Indonesia Kalimantan and the Philippines The species now also occurs in the Mediterranean having invaded as a Lessepsian migrant through the Suez Canal 2 See also editSardine Slender rainbow sardine Dussumieria elopsoides List of common commercial fish of Sri LankaReferences edit Species Dussumieria acuta Valenciennes FishWisePro 1847 Retrieved 19 April 2020 Rodriguez G Suarez H 2001 Anthropogenic dispersal of decapod crustaceans in aquatic environments Interciencia 26 7 282 288 Froese Rainer Pauly Daniel eds 2006 Dussumieria acuta in FishBase June 2006 version nbsp This Clupeiformes article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rainbow sardine amp oldid 1114244313, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
