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Type
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Marine Fish
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Title
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Slender Rainbow Sardine
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Local Name
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മുരൽ
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Common Name
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Slender Rainbow Sardine
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Scientific Name
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Dussumieria elopsidoes
Taxonomy
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Kingdom
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Animalia
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Phylum
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Chordata
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Class
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Teleostei
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Order
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Clupeiformes
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Family
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Dussumierridae
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Genus
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Dussumieria
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Species
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Dussumieria elopsidoes
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Short Description
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The slender rainbow sardine (Dussumieria elopsoides) is a small, subtropical, salt water fish of the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea which was first described by Bleeker in 1849.
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Habitat
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Marine; pelagic-neritic
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Morphology Details
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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16 - 18; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 14 - 18. Branchiostegal rays more (13 to 17) and no striae on posterior part of scales; pelvic fins more advanced; W-shaped pelvic scute; isthmus with tapering evenly forward; more anal fin rays.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: circular.
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Feeds Upon
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It feeds on zooplankton, mainly crustacean and smaller fish.
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Traditional Knowledge
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Caught both as a bait fish and for human consumption. Marketed fresh, may be dried or salted.
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Reproduction Details
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The slender rainbow sardine spawns mainly in spring. Its eggs, and when they hatch the larvae, drift passively until they metamorphose into free-swimming fish.
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