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Classification / Names
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Dussumieriidae (Round herrings)
Etymology: Dussumieria: In honor of Dussumier, a collaborator of Cuvier, who sent him collections of fishes from the Indian Ocean (Ref. 45335); apollo: Name 'apollo' from Greek god Apollo, the guardian deity of the sun, in reference to its shiny body. Name in apposition.
Eponymy: Jean-Jacques Dussumier (1792–1883) was a French merchant, collector, traveller and ship owner. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range 10 - 55 m (Ref. 133004). Tropical
Indo-West Pacific: Papua New Guinea and Australia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 13.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 133004)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 20; Anal soft rays: 15; Vertebrae: 54. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: body scales with numerous longitudinal striae on posterior part; numerous conical teeth on anterior parts of palatine and pterygoids, forming tooth band; absence of teeth on parasphenoid (rarely present); body comparatively deep, 21.9-23.9% of SL; scale rows in longitudinal series 49-52 (modally 49); vertebrae 53-56 (54); pseudobranchial filaments 17-21 (19); 1UGR 12-15 (13); 1LGR 22-27 (25); 1TGR 35-41 (38); 2UGR 7-10 (8); 2LGR 19-24 (21); 2TGR 27-34 (31); 3UGR 6-9 (7); 3LGR 14-17 (15); 3TGR 21-25 (22); 4UGR 3-6 (5); 4LGR 9-11 (10); 4TGR 13-16 (14); branchiostegal rays 12-16 (13); melanophores scattered on 5th to 9th pectoral-fin rays, counted from uppermost ray; maxilla length 8.7-9.5% of SL (mean 9.1%); mandibular length 13.4-14.5% of SL (13.8%); pre-dorsal-fin length 56.0-58.8% of SL (57.1%) (Ref. 133004).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Hata, H., S. Lavoué, S.A. Appleyard and J.J. Pogonoski, 2025. A new species of Rainbow sardine in the genus Dussumieria (Teleostei: Clupeiformes: Dussumieriidae) from New Guinea and Australia. Ichthyol. Herpetol. 113(1):8-20. (Ref. 133004)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5020 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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