CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Clupeiformes (order) » Clupeidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 085035 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Dussumieria apollo Hata, Lavoué, Appleyard & Pogonoski, 2025
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
Family:	37 85 Clupeidae (Herrings) - show full list
Standard Name:	[a rainbow sardine]
Organism Type:	a rainbow sardine
Synonyms:	Dussumieria elopsoides (misidentification)
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Coastal (0-40m) Shelf Demersal (40-200m)
Parent Codes:	37 085910 Dussumieria spp.

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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2025-03-12.
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Expected species depth range is from 10 to 55 m.

Taxon Notes:	Hata et al 2025 described D. apollo from Australia, noting that D. elopsoides was endemic to Indonesia and the Philippines. Based on unpublished data of Hata, three additional Dussumieria (previously confused with D. elopsoides) are also recognised from Australia, namely D. hasseltii, D. modakandai and an unresolved species (latter coded as 37085010). Dussumieria apollo is known from the Gulf of Papua (southeastern coast of New Guinea) to northern coast of Australia from Dampier (c. 20 40 S), WA to the Bowen region (c. 20 04' S, 148 13' E), Qld in 10–55 m depth.

Record source and Scientific Name verified against:	Hata, H., Lavoué, S. Appleyard, S.A. & J.J. Pogonoski, 2025. A New Species of Rainbow Sardine in the Genus Dussumieria (Teleostei: Clupeiformes: Dussumieriidae) from New Guinea and Australia, Ichthyology & Herpetology, Vol. 113, 1: 18-20. doi:10.1643/i2024023

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