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Slender rainbow sardine
Dussumieria elopsoides
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Slender rainbow sardine
- Scientific
- Dussumieria elopsoides
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Baitfish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 20 cm (standard length)
- Depth and habitat
- Open water over reefs and the atoll shelf, recorded from 0 to 50 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2017
Description
A slender, round-bodied herring, silvery with a faint iridescent sheen, reaching about 20 cm. It lives in shoals in open coastal water.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Dussumieria-elopsoides.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Dussumieria_elopsoides.png
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.