Rainbow sardine

Rainbow sardine
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Dussumieriidae
Genus: Dussumieria
Species:
D. acuta
Binomial name
Dussumieria acuta
Synonyms
  • Dussumiera acuta Valenciennes, 1847
  • Clupea flosmaris Richardson, 1846
  • Elops javanicus Valenciennes, 1847
  • Etrumeus albulina Fowler, 1934

The rainbow sardine (Dussumieria acuta), also known as common sprat, dwarf round herring, rainbow herring, and sharpnosed sprat, is a bony fish important to aquaculture and commercial fisheries.[1]

  1. ^ "Species Dussumieria acuta Valenciennes". FishWisePro. 1847. Retrieved 19 April 2020.