Dussumieria elopsoides Bleeker 1849

Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, Zootaxa 4775 (1), pp. 1-157 : 119

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C3E5AF7F-1C84-450E-B228-BD78D0084071
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4347068
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6E2F87D6-FFF4-FFA7-FF2E-F95DFCFCFCF1
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Dussumieria elopsoides Bleeker 1849
status

Treatment

Dussumieria elopsoides Bleeker 1849 View in CoL —Slender rainbow sardine

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Dussumieria acuta Valenciennes 1847 View in CoL by George et al. (1964: 11); subsequently recorded as Dussumieria acuta Valenciennes View in CoL by Mouneimné (1977: 61); as Dussumieria acuta Valenciennes 1847 View in CoL by Mouneimné (2002: 72–73); recently recorded as Dussumieria elopsoides View in CoL by Bariche et al. (2015: 2366). Material in collection: AUBM, BMNH (as D. acuta View in CoL ) and USNM (as D. acuta View in CoL and D. productissima View in CoL ).

Distribution. Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: Somalia and Persian Gulf east to Solomon Islands, north to Taiwan, south to northern Australia; Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea immigrant).

Conservation. IUCN: Global ( LC: 1 March 2017). Capture and threats: Unknown. Occurrence: Common. Non-indigenous species, no conservation action needed .