Dussumieria elopsoides

Bleeker, 1849

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Common name (English)

Van Hasselt's sprat

Common name (Turkish)

Hint sardalyası

Ηabitat

A: Marine

Global distribution

Indo-Pacific: Suez and western Indian Ocean (the Persian Gulf to Mombasa; possibly to Madagascar) to China, the Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819) and to about Tonga. Previous records of Dussumieria acuta from northeastern Indian Ocean would refer to this species (Ref. 5978). 89677 0

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Establishment status

Established

Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year

1985

Online resource

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=1454

Pathway

6 UNAIDED - Natural dispersal across border of IAS that have been introduced through pathways 1-5 - Nat

Pathway detail

Suez Canal

Other notes

1st Med record: 1949

1st Med country: Israel

References

Whitehead PJP (1985) FAO species catalogue Vol. 7. Clupeoid fishes of the world (suborder Clupeioidei). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, shads, anchovies and wolf-herrings. Part 1 - Chirocentridae, C"

Gitarakos G, Kallianiotis A, Hadjistefanou N (2007) Demersal fish and megafaunal assemblages on the Cyprus continental shelf and slope (Eastern Mediterranean). Rapports et Procès-verbaux des Réunions, Commission Internationale pour l’Exploration Scientifique de la Mer Méditerranée 38: 488