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Slender sardine

Dussumieria elopsoides Bleeker, 1849

Status not recordedbony fish

The slender sardine (Dussumieria elopsoides) is a species in the family Dussumieriidae, order Clupeiformes.

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Quick facts about the slender sardine

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the slender sardine live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the slender sardine as introduced in 6 countries.

  1. Cyprus
  2. Egypt
  3. Israel
  4. Lebanon
  5. Syria
  6. Türkiye

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the slender sardine endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the slender sardine classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderClupeiformes
  5. familyDussumieriidae
  6. genusDussumieria
  7. SpeciesDussumieria elopsoides Bleeker, 1849

Synonyms Dussumieria elapsoides, Dussumieria elopoides, Dussumieria elopsides, Dussumieria elopsoids

Other names and names in other languages (18)
  • Rainbow round herringEnglish
  • Slender rainbow sardineEnglish
  • Van Hasselt's spratEnglish
  • سردين قوس قزح النحيلArabic
  • sardinka elopsovitáCzech
  • soukkapyörösilliFinnish
  • Sardine arc-en-ciel gracileFrench
  • דוסמר מצויHebrew
  • ギンイワシJapanese
  • Низкотелая дуссумиерияRussian
  • hint sardalyasiTurkish
  • 砂䰳Chinese
  • 尖嘴鰮Chinese
  • 尖頭鰮Chinese
  • 臭肉鰮Chinese
  • 銀圓腹鰮Chinese
  • 鰮仔Chinese
  • 黃帶圓腹鯡Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the slender sardine

Other species in the same genus Dussumieria.

Common sprat

Dussumieria acuta

DussumieriidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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Is the slender sardine an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the slender sardine as introduced in 6 countries, including Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Lebanon and Syria, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the slender sardine?

The slender sardine (Dussumieria elopsoides) belongs to the family Dussumieriidae in the order Clupeiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Slender sardine (Dussumieria elopsoides). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/slender-sardine

MLA

“Slender sardine (Dussumieria elopsoides).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/slender-sardine.

BibTeX
@misc{slender_sardine_2026,
  title = {Slender sardine (Dussumieria elopsoides)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/slender-sardine},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}