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Hasselt's rainbow sardine

Dussumieria hasseltii Bleeker, 1851

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Dussumieria hasseltii Bleeker, 1851
Name authority
Bleeker, 1851
Common name
Hasselt's rainbow sardine
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Clupeiformes
Family
Dussumieriidae
Genus
Dussumieria
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderClupeiformes
  11. suborderClupeoidei Bleeker, 1859
  12. familyDussumieriidae Gill, 1861
  13. genusDussumieria Valenciennes, 1847
  14. speciesDussumieria hasseltii Bleeker, 1851

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Dussumieria. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
rainbow sardineDussumieria acuta Valenciennes, 1847DussumieriidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Dussumieria albulina (Fowler, 1934)DussumieriidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Dussumieria chimaera Hata, 2023DussumieriidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Dussumieria productissima Chabanaud, 1933DussumieriidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 12 records assigned to Dussumieriidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Dussumieria hasselti Bleeker, 1851 Bleeker, 1851synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Bleeker, P. (1851). Over eenige nieuwe soorten van Megalops, Dussumieria, Notopterus en Astronesthes. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift Voor Nederlandsch Indië, v. 1 (no. 4): 417–424. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:384RX. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.